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Whiteout! …
You have heard of a blackout—complete Heavy snowfall in
darkness— but what is a whiteout? An extreme mountains can set off
blizzard is called a whiteout. It occurs when avalanches, endangering
a strong downdraft arrives with snowfall. In a the lives of trekkers and
whiteout, it is difficult to make out the ground mountain climbers.
from the sky. It is very easy to get completely lost
and confused in a whiteout. Blizzards are very
dangerous for road and rail transport. Huge piles
of snow, called snowdrifts, block railway lines,
tunnels, and roads.
Deadly blizzard
Sixty-seven million people were affected when China was hit by a blizzard in January
2008. It destroyed thousands of homes, ruined fields of crops, caused all rail and road
transport to close down, prevented planes from flying, and caused power failure.
The Himalayas have very strong blizzards, which set off avalanches. These are
sudden and rapid flows of large masses of snow down a mountainside. They can be
very dangerous for mountaineers. In October 2005, eighteen members of a French
mountaineering team that was trying to climb Kangaru peak lost their lives as intense
blizzards set off a chain of avalanches. The blizzard lasted for thirty-six hours.
Are you warm Did you know?
there, son?
Male penguins huddle together in
a blizzard to keep warm and to
protect their eggs.
lost their lives, and two hundred ships were wrecked.
Whiteout! …
You have heard of a blackout—complete Heavy snowfall in
darkness— but what is a whiteout? An extreme mountains can set off
blizzard is called a whiteout. It occurs when avalanches, endangering
a strong downdraft arrives with snowfall. In a the lives of trekkers and
whiteout, it is difficult to make out the ground mountain climbers.
from the sky. It is very easy to get completely lost
and confused in a whiteout. Blizzards are very
dangerous for road and rail transport. Huge piles
of snow, called snowdrifts, block railway lines,
tunnels, and roads.
Deadly blizzard
Sixty-seven million people were affected when China was hit by a blizzard in January
2008. It destroyed thousands of homes, ruined fields of crops, caused all rail and road
transport to close down, prevented planes from flying, and caused power failure.
The Himalayas have very strong blizzards, which set off avalanches. These are
sudden and rapid flows of large masses of snow down a mountainside. They can be
very dangerous for mountaineers. In October 2005, eighteen members of a French
mountaineering team that was trying to climb Kangaru peak lost their lives as intense
blizzards set off a chain of avalanches. The blizzard lasted for thirty-six hours.
Are you warm Did you know?
there, son?
Male penguins huddle together in
a blizzard to keep warm and to
protect their eggs.
lost their lives, and two hundred ships were wrecked.
