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BBC News
05-08-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Parts of Australia covered in thick blanket of snow
Some of you might have great memories of playing in the snow with your friends and there are some places in the world where children, and even some adults, haven't seen it for the southern hemisphere is it currently is one of those places where snowfall is rare, but some parts of the country have just been covered in a thick layer of the some areas seeing it settle for the first time in 10 years, according to experts. Several towns in the east of the country were covered in the thickest layer of snow in decades, as cold weather swept the area over the weekend. Authorities said the weather caused floods, stranded vehicles and cut power to thousands of much as 40cm of snow fell in parts of northern New South Bradbury who is a meteorologist at Australia's weather bureau - the team that monitors the country's weather - said that the most snow that areas has seen since the mid 1980s. Lots of people made the most of the opportunity, getting outside to have snowball fights and make people even travelled from the neighbouring state of Queensland to experience Gough was one of those people, he said: "I've never seen snow before in my entire life."Miriam said that Australia's weather has become more unpredictable in recent years, but snow isn't unheard said: "What makes this event unusual is how much snow we had but also how widespread."
Yahoo
03-08-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
'Never seen anything like this': Australians enjoy rare snowfall
STORY: :: Revelers enjoy snowmen and snow fights as a rare blanket covers New South Wales :: Guyra, Australi :: August 3, 2025 RESIDENT BRENDAN GOUGH: "Actually it's a very surreal experience. I've always dreamt about going to the snow. I've never seen snow before in my entire life." UNIDENTIFIED RESIDENT: "It's beautiful, lovely. Yeah, I've never seen anything like this before, it's gorgeous." A cold air front dropped as much as 40 cm (16 inches) of snow on parts of northern New South Wales on Saturday, the most since the mid-1980s, said Miriam Bradbury, a meteorologist at Australia's weather bureau. Snow also settled in areas of the neighboring state of Queensland for the first time in 10 years, she said. Bradbury said climate change has made Australia's weather more volatile in recent years but that this sort of event had occurred several times in the historical record. "What makes this event unusual is how much snow we had but also how widespread, covering quite a large part of the northern tablelands," she said. With heavy rain lashing other areas, the New South Wales State Emergency Service said it had responded to more than 1,455 incidents. It said more than 100 vehicles had been stranded by snow, storms had damaged buildings and it had issued several major flood warnings. Tens of thousands of homes spent the night without power, state broadcaster Australian Broadcasting Corp reported. Solve the daily Crossword
