Polar Conditions Grip SE Europe; Deadly Avalanche In Italy; Germany's Heating Demand Soars; Population Density By Latitude; + U.S. Still On Course To Freeze

Jan 21 and 22 look set to be among the coldest days in U.S. history.

Polar Conditions Grip SE Europe

Southeastern Europe is enduring a brutal cold spell this week. Temperatures have tanked well below seasonal norms, with Ice, heavy snowfall, and widespread disruptions sweeping a large region.

Freezing weather has blanketed much of the Balkans, disrupting transportation, closing schools, and isolating remote villages. A storm system unleashed powerful winds and substantial snow across countries such as Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Slovenia.

Albania has bore the brunt of the frigid conditions, with more than 70 schools shuttered and access to numerous villages cut off. With the skies temporarily clearing, emergency crews worked around the clock to clear snow-covered roads.

In Bulgaria’s Smolyan region, the snow piled up to 40+cm (16 inches), bringing significant delays.

While in North Macedonia, regions such as Prilep have imposed restrictions on larger vehicles as snow made regional roads treacherous. Emergency teams, working non-stop for over 48 hours now, are struggling to keep the traffic moving.

SE Europe's anomalous cold is forecast to persist all week, due to intensify, actually.

Ever keen to maintain The Narrative, the European Environment Agency (EEA) has attributed these extreme cold spells to global warming, which they claim is driving increasingly erratic and severe weather patterns across the continent: warm = cold.

These 'horrors of global warming' are impacting Western and Central Europe and all, as touched on next...

Deadly Avalanche In Italy

Recent heavy snowfall across the Italian peaks has heightened the avalanche risk, leading to deadly incidents.

Italy sees a fresh 55+ cm (21.7+ inches) on the Alpine border.

Heavy snow buries Castelmezzano, Italy

An avalanche on Punta Valgrande, near the Italy-Switzerland border, has claimed the lives of three skiers. The victims were swept thousands of feet downhill by the cascading snow. Rescue teams, arriving swiftly by helicopter, managed to save two individuals but tragically found three others deceased at the scene.