Weather in the world (19 ph)

The first week of the new year was surprisingly frosty worldwide. In Britain, the bitter cold, snow and icy conditions disrupted airports and schools. In Spain, due to heavy rains and snowfall in the south-west of the country were flooded roads and houses. In the United States, farmers are trying to save a valuable crop of strawberries and other fruits in Florida, where the temperature also dropped. Although there have frost and snow, and the positive aspects - in Berlin, people immediately grabbed the sledge, playing in the Scottish curling.





01. A girl hiding from the heavy snowfall under an umbrella with a flag of the United Kingdom passed the Houses of Parliament in London on January 6. Because of heavy snowfall were closed airports, major roads, and hundreds of educational institutions, was also suspended filming a soap opera «Coronation Street».



02. A girl holding a piece of ice from the fountain at Trafalgar Square in London January 5. Meteorological Service of the country confirmed that the Christmas period was the coldest for the UK over the last 25 years, when the temperature dropped to -17 Celsius. Commuters and passengers faced with delays in flights.



03. A woman rolls a child on a sled in the border village of St Boswells January 6 in Scotland. According to the weather service, the Arctic cyclone was the coldest in the UK for the past 30 years, and residents of several districts, including Hampshire and Oxfordshire, advised to be vigilant.



04. Swan floating in the River Thames past the winter landscape January 6 in Henley-on-Thames. Weather Service issued a warning about the cold and snow, capturing the southern district of Scotland and northern England. Meteorologists reported that this is the heavy snowfall in the UK over the last 23 years in some areas of England fell to 40 cm of snow.



05. A man stands at the overturned car on January 5 road between La Ina and Jerez de la Frontera before it was closed due to heavy snowfall. Heavy rains and snowfall forced the closure of about 30 roads in Spain, December 31, 2009, mainly in the south-west of the country, where the flooded fields and houses.



06. From Kiev playing with the dog in the snow Jan. 4. In Kiev, the temperature dropped to -16.



07. A woman and her two children are going to slide on an inflatable cushion in Berlin on January 2. In Germany, winter weather continues to prevail in the coming days will drop more snow.



08. The participants of races compete on a sled in the southern German town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen on January 6.



09. Courier on bike rides through the snowy streets of Berlin on January 6.



10. robin eating berries in the west of the city Noybekum Germnaii January 5.



11. Goldfinch in winter plumage sits on the icy trough in Moreland Hills, Ohio, Jan. 6.



12. Icicles frozen to Oranges January 6 in Lakeland, Florida. Farmers pollinate plants to protect from frost. In this area, the scale of the thermometer dropped to -6, and farmers do everything to save the precious harvest of fruits and berries.



13. Tamarin heated front of the heater at the zoo in Palm Beach, Florida on January 4. Zoo workers have taken steps so that animals do not freeze in cold weather as in south Florida. In addition to heaters, placed in cages of some animals, zoo keepers generally removed some types of heat.



14. Cows graze in a pasture on a frozen Kote on the outskirts of Bogota morning of the 6th of January. In the first months of the new year, the frost has nipped crops, when the scale of the thermometer dropped below zero in the highlands of Colombia.



15. The boy is heated by the fire cold foggy morning in Noida, a suburb of New Delhi, Jan. 6. Dozens of people died as a result of frosts have passed through northern India.



16. A street vendor carries marigold garlands in thick fog in Gauhati, India on January 6.



17. Residents of Beijing are on a snowy street on January 3. On Sunday, authorities in Beijing and Tianjin announced on Monday classes in primary and secondary schools were canceled due to snow and traffic congestion. Meteorologists reported that after a snowfall on Sunday, temperatures will plummet to the level of 7-8 degrees to -16 for three days, which would be a record since 1980.



18. Neil McGuire of the curling club "Port of Menteith» drills ice on the Lake of Menteith January 5 at Port of Menteith, Scotland. "The Royal Caledonian Curling Club" will meet this week for "Grand-match" at the lake for the first time in 30 years. Currently ice 15 cm thick, and in order to place the game, it must be twice as thick.



19. People walk on the frozen surface of Lake of Menteith in Scotland at sunset on January 4.
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(Taken from bigpicture.ru)



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