Jewish & World News

In a tribute to last week’s blizzard, a nearly 10-foot snowman continues to stand tall on the corner of 169th Street and Audubon Avenue in Washington Heights. Time and rising temperatures have taken their toll on Frosty who has lost his red scarf, carrot nose, eyes, pail hat and both his arms since he mysteriously appeared Saturday after a winter storm dumped nearly a foot of snow on New York City.

After last year’s virtual snow shutout, Accuweather predicts southern mid-Atlantic to southern New England will get walloped in the coming winter. In its winter outlook released today, it forecasts above average snowfall for major I-95 cities including Richmond, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York City.

Heavy snow fell in the Jerusalem area on Friday, and for the first time in four years, parts of Jerusalem were white with snow. Snow fell in Ramot, Givat Ze’ev and Har Gilo, and three centimeters of snow fall were reported. The Jerusalem municipality, which had prepared for the weather conditions in recent days, was due to clear snow from the streets of Jerusalem on Friday.

Snow shoveling does increase the risk of heart attack, a new study confirms. While many people believe this, there has been little actual evidence, according to researchers at Queen’s University in Kingston , Canada . So they decided to look for proof.

Florida was the holdout on Wednesday as the National Weather Service reported all the other 49 states had snow on the ground. Snow covered 69.4 percent of the contiguous United States as of Tuesday. The weather service said that is more than double the snow cover from last month. Hawaii even got some as Hawaii News Now said snow fell on the Mauna Kea volcano on the Big Island. CNN said it's common for Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea to get snow all winter.