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 by Staff Writers Tehran (AFP) Dec 26, 2020
Eight climbers have died and at least seven others are missing after a blizzard and avalanches hit the mountains north of Tehran, Iranian media reported on Saturday. "The bodies of eight missing climbers were recovered in the mountains above Tehran thanks to the efforts of Red Crescent rescue teams and operations," said Iranian Red Crescent deputy head, Mohammad Baqer Mohammadi, according to the official IRNA news agency. A group of mountaineers had gone missing on Friday due to avalanches and a blizzard in the mountains north of Tehran, IRNA reported. State TV reported seven climbers were missing. It broadcast footage of a helicopter rescue operation on the Tochal and Kolakchal peaks of the Alborz mountain chain overlooking Tehran showing Red Crescent personnel carrying a body on a stretcher along a snowy mountainside. A member of the Red Crescent team said the rescue mission was complicated by "bad weather and snow".
Snow brings joy, and misery, to pandemic-weary New York New York (AFP) Dec 17, 2020 Children skipped online classes to sled and adults glided on cross-country skis Thursday as New York's heaviest snowfall in years brought some relief from the coronavirus pandemic but piled more misery on restaurants and businesses. New Yorkers, used to staring at the same scenes outside their windows during this year's shutdown, woke to something new to look at: a blanket of the white from a major winter storm. "It's nice to have this bit of a winter wonderland amid the doldrums of staying at h ... read more
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