#winter

11:36am, 7th May, 2019

Winter may be coming, but Dornish wine won't be for much longer

Winemaker Thibault Bardet is such a fan of "Game of Thrones" that he decided to make a wine as close as possible to Dornish, the wine favored by the dwindling number of Lannisters, Starks, Baratheons and Targaryens the HBO series hasn't killed o...

Winter tries a comeback in U.S. Midwest with up to a foot of snow

10:42am, 27th April, 2019

US

Winter tries a comeback in U.S. Midwest with up to a foot of snow

The phenomenon known as thundersnow announced the arrival of a storm expected to dump more than a half-foot of snow on the U.S. Midwest on Saturday, more than a month into spring.

Record-early Alaska river thaw follows high winter temperatures

9:19pm, 14th April, 2019

US

Record-early Alaska river thaw follows high winter temperatures

Key Alaska rivers that are usually frozen at this time of year are now free-flowing, with record-early thaws following record-high winter and spring temperatures.

'Potentially historic' winter storm to slam central U.S.

12:57am, 10th April, 2019

US

'Potentially historic' winter storm to slam central U.S.

Blizzards and windstorms will punish the U.S. Plains and Midwest on Wednesday as a powerful late winter storm threatens more flooding in areas like South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and farms along the Missouri River.

At least 23 dead in Alabama tornadoes, winter not over for northeast

4:39am, 4th March, 2019

US

At least 23 dead in Alabama tornadoes, winter not over for northeast

Rescuers sifted through rubble looking for more dead and wounded after two back-to-back tornadoes touched down in Alabama, killing at least 23 people, authorities said.

As winter comes, NATO kicks off largest maneuvers since Cold War

2:28pm, 25th October, 2018

World

As winter comes, NATO kicks off largest maneuvers since Cold War

Military forces from 31 countries began NATO's largest exercise in decades, stretching from the Baltic Sea to Iceland, on Thursday, practicing military maneuvers close to Russia, which itself held a huge military drill last month.

Britain can meet winter energy demand -National Grid

7:37am, 11th October, 2018

UK

Britain can meet winter energy demand -National Grid

Britain will be able to meet power and gas demand this winter, even in the event of an extreme cold snap, National Grid said in its 2018/19 winter outlook report on Thursday.

Hokkaido races to secure power supplies before winter grips island

5:37am, 14th September, 2018

World

Hokkaido races to secure power supplies before winter grips island

Japan is racing to secure power supplies ahead of winter after a devastating quake left 41 people dead and damaged generating stations on the northern island of Hokkaido, where temperatures regularly drop well below zero in colder months.

EU set to end switch between summer and winter time: Juncker

4:16am, 31st August, 2018

World

EU set to end switch between summer and winter time: Juncker

The European Union's chief executive said on Friday the bloc was set to end the practice of switching between summer and winter time after a survey found most EU citizens against the practice.