January 24, 2013

In Focus: Chicago’s Freezing Fire

On Tuesday night, a huge vacant warehouse on Chicago’s South Side went up in flames. Fire department officials said it was the biggest blaze the department has had to battle in years and one-third of all Chicago firefighters were on the scene at one point or another trying to put out the flames. Complicating the scene was the weather — temperatures were well below freezing and the spray from the fire hoses encased everything below in ice, including buildings, vehicles, and some firefighting gear. The warehouse was gutted, but the fire was contained. Fire crews remain on the scene as some smaller flare-ups continue to need attention.

See more. [Images: AP, Getty, Reuters]

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Filed under: Chicago Fire Weather Photography Winter 
January 10, 2013

In Focus: Wintry Weather: Middle East Edition

Following up on yesterday’s essay Wintry Weather, I was struck by photographs of the unusually heavy winter storm that just blanketed many Middle Eastern countries in snow. I discovered a wide range of unique images, from Saudis tossing snowballs to Israelis on sleds to the newly white roofs of Istanbul. Gathered here are a handful of those images, showing that, despite the harshness of the storm, some were able to find a moment of joy in the rare snowfall.

See more. [Images: AP, Reuters, Getty]

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Filed under: Winter Photography Syria Palestine Jordan Israel Turkey 
January 9, 2013

In Focus: Wintry Weather

The chill of mid-winter has set in around the northern hemisphere, bringing freezing temperatures to much of Asia, and an unusual snowstorm to the Mideast this week. People are coping where they must and playing where they can, from China to Maine, from Minnesota to Austria. Gathered here are a few recent images of the chilly weather across the north. 

See more. [Images: AP, Reuters, Getty]

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Filed under: Winter Photography Weather Seasons Global Warming 
December 12, 2012

In Focus: Sochi 2014: An Olympic Preview

In just over one year, the small Black Sea resort town of Sochi, Russia, will host the 2014 Winter Olympics. Sochi won its bid to host the games back in 2007, and has been preparing ever since - upgrading telecommunications, transportation, and other infrastructure, and constructing many huge new venues in two main locations: the Coastal Cluster along the Black Sea shore in the Imeretinskaya Valley and the Mountain Cluster in Krasnaya Polyana. With construction deadlines approaching next summer, here is a look at the progress so far in Sochi.

See more. [Images: Reuters, Getty, AP]

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Filed under: Sochi Olympics 2014 Winter Russia State Infastructure 
February 10, 2012
Scenes From Europe’s Frozen Cities A dog wrapped up against the cold walks on a snow sprinkled pavement in an air temperature around minus 18 degree Celsius (minus 4 Fahrenheit) in central Kiev, February 3, 2012. See more. [Image: Gleb Garanich/Reuters]

Scenes From Europe’s Frozen Cities

A dog wrapped up against the cold walks on a snow sprinkled pavement in an air temperature around minus 18 degree Celsius (minus 4 Fahrenheit) in central Kiev, February 3, 2012. See more.

[Image: Gleb Garanich/Reuters]

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Filed under: Europe Weather Winter News Photography Cities 
February 7, 2012

thedailyfeed:

Photos from Europe’s record-setting cold snap, with subzero temperatures that have blanketed Lake Geneva in ice. 

A week of bitter cold has caused traffic chaos throughout Europe, blocking roads, shutting down airports, closing schools and trapping 70,000 in remote mountain towns in Serbia.

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Filed under: Weather Europe Winter Photography 
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