Water ice

A famous lake in Central Anatolian that had largely dried up has been replenished with runoff from snow, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Meke Lake in the Karapınar district, which is known as the "world's evil eye talisman," had begun to dry up due to drought brought on by excessive agricultural irrigation that had reduced the ground water that fed the lake.

A new wave of snowfall and cold weather coming from the Balkans will affect Turkey, including Istanbul, according to officials from the General Directorate of Meteorology.    

A 5000 sq km iceberg, approximately the size of the island of Mali in Indonesia, is ready to be detached from West Antarctica.

According to scientists from the Swansea University in the UK, the iceberg is among the 10 biggest ever recorded and its surface is 85 times bigger than Manhattan!

The entire republican road network in the region of Razgrad is closed for all types of vehicles. There is heavy snowfall in the region, while visibility has been reduced to a few metres, reported the Regional Road Department.

Turkish officials have warned of storms and heavy snowfall across Turkey, including Istanbul, for Jan. 6 as wintry weather continues to hit the country. 

According to the General Directorate of Meteorology, heavy snow will fall in Istanbul on Jan. 6, with temperatures expected to plunge by up to eight degrees to -5 Celsius and snow expected to continue for three days. 

Education was suspended in schools in 39 provinces across Turkey on Dec. 14 due to heavy snowfall. In Istanbul, where the year’s first snow began, the governor’s office has yet to make any announcement about a suspension

Residents in many parts of Thessaloniki on Tuesday woke up to the winter's first flurries of snow, while other parts of northern Greece, including Trikala and Florina, saw lower temperatures and ice forming on roads from the early hours of the day.

A cold snap begins in Bulgaria on Monday, with temperatures expected to fall throughout next week, with snow expected to fall in some mountains, the national weather service says.

Forecasts for Sunday indicate thermometers will still hit 25-30 degrees Celsius, values high enough for the winter, or 23-27 degrees by the seaside.

The ice bridge on the Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentina collapsed spectacularly when a huge rupture caused a bridge of ice to collapse.

The mass of ice forming a bridge between the two parts of the glacier, dividing Lake Argentino in the province of Santa Cruz, collapsed sending tons of ice crashing down onto the surface of the lake, 60 meters below.

You plan a to go out on a nice fishing trip with your buddies. What’s the worst thing that could go wrong? Get wet, waste a whole day out in the sea without a single bite, or even worse get a slight prickle while trying to put on worm bait. The last thing you expect to happen to you is literally get knocked out by your large catch!