Within a mere 20 minutes, it switched over to snow as the temperature began to drop through the upper 30s.

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But with the temperature dropping and still more snow, it was obvious it was not going to be any time soon.

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Build an igloo: If you're caught out in the snow, your primary concern is to maintain body temperature.

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Meanwhile the temperature kept dropping and it looked like snow.

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While earthquakes have often been blamed for rock failures and landslides on mountain slopes, scientists also point at global temperature rises for rapid thawing of snowfields and glacial melt that can disturb the flow of snow-fed rivers.

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Northerly situated Scandinavia, which gets some of its currents from the Arctic Circle, is home to a lot of snow and cold, with Helsinki, Finland, facing the moisture of the Baltic Sea in addition to low temperature, rating tops in both categories.

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