Ice storms

The heavy snowfall in the US state of Missouri has caused more than 700 highway crashes over the past two days, the New York news agency of Associated Press reported.

At least one person has died and several injured after Moscow experienced its heaviest day of snowfall in a day since records began, Russian officials say.

Moscow's meteorological service said Moscow had seen more than half its average monthly snowfall in the space of 24 hours, beating the previous record set in 1957, Interfax news agency reported on February 4.

A tropical cyclone crossed the island state by destroying roads, uprooting trees and knocking down electric poles, Nova TV reported.

The storm brought heavy rains and caused serious floods. Several areas of New Zealand have declared state of emergency. Precipitation, accompanied by strong winds, will continue today, mainly on the southern island of the country.

Spring weather will make us happy until Friday, and snow comes on Saturday, according to the mid-term weather forecast.
 
Today the temperatures will rise to 15-16 degrees, in places will reach to 17-18 degrees. The weather will be sunny, clear and very pleasant.

By Friday, weather will remain at relatively high daily temperatures, with tumultuous clouds, with more sun.

Flash snowfall, which was expected for weeks, hit Istanbul on Jan. 24. The snowfall affected traffic in some parts of Istanbul.

Hundreds of cars have been blocked on Monday night on Tuesday in the Yamate Tokyo Tunnel due to heavy snowfall. Some passengers were forced to walk to get to the escape stairs and get out, news agencies reported. The 18-kilometer-long tunnel underground in downtown Tokyo is considered the longest in Japan.

Today, in most of the country, rainfall will continue,  at noon and on the Black Sea coast rain will transform into snow. The rainfall in North and East Bulgaria will be significant. It will be windy, in the Danube Plain and East Bulgaria, a temporary and stormy northwest wind that will cause snow blizzards and the formation of droughts and winds.

The precipitation will continue in most of the country, more substantial in Northern and Eastern Bulgaria. On the Black Sea coast, the rain will transform into snow around noon.

Today's weather will be relatively mild for January.

On Saturday and Sunday, however, there will be changes and the winter will return with full force, according to the medium-term weather forecast.

Ten people have died of the strong storms in northern Europe. Many of the dead in the Netherlands and Germany have been hit by falling trees and debris.

One man died after his minibus overturned by the wind.