Breathtaking! The Forbidden City showered in the first snow

09:32, March 18, 2018

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  Beijing dry winter: Chinese capital's longest drought on record ended over weekend

  ( Photo:VCG )Today is World Meteorological Day, and this year's theme is "Weather-Ready, Climate-Smart." In China, many parts of the eastern and central regions experienced some heavy snowfalls this winter, but Beijing – in the north – received only a couple of very light dust showers. In fact, it registered little or no precipitation over a period of five months

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  Latest nor'easter could dump a foot or more of snow

  Winter-weary New Englanders are preparing for blizzard conditions, more than a foot of snow and high winds as the third major nor’easter in two weeks bears down on the Northeast.The National Weather Service on Monday issued a blizzard warning for much of the Massachusetts coast, a winter storm warning for most of New England and a winter weather advisory for

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  Nor’easter, blizzard conditions sock winter-weary Northeast

  (Photo: AP)A nor’easter that could deliver up to 2 feet of snow to some areas socked New England on Tuesday, bringing blizzard conditions to parts of coastal Massachusetts, covering highways with snow and knocking out power to tens of thousands.The National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning for the entire coast of Maine, New Hampshire and most of Massachusetts. The