What happened: Beginning Monday, heavy snow hammered parts of Japan, particularly the northernmost main island, Hokkaido, and along and west of the spine of the Japanese Alps on the largest island ...

Wall-to-wall sunshine has followed heavy snow in the Alps, while Japan continues to see record-breaking snowfalls Resorts in the Pyrenees have seen their biggest snowfalls since the start of the ...

The death of former world champion skier Kyle Smaine in a Japan Alps avalanche has highlighted ... Science and Disaster Resilience, says all the snow slides in the recent accidents are likely ...