When the snow melted that spring, every stream became an angry river that raced down the mountains tearing up trees and bringing destruction.

VOA: special.2009.06.06

In the western United States, mountain snow provides up to seventy-five percent of all surface water supplies.

VOA: special.2010.01.05

As the snow melted, workers were busy picking up broken branches, some as thick as fifteen centimeters.

VOA: special.2010.03.16

For most people, the name Walt Disney conjures up images of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck,Pinocchio, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

"I am bringing up winter Olympics to a country that has no tradition on the snow sports,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

Because it was April, there was still a danger of frost, or even snow, so some of the trees were wrapped up to protect them.

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

told a story of an incident that happened shortly after he lost his leg to cancer at age 12, when his father helped him up an icy, snow-covered hill,telling him "There is nothing that you cannot do."

VOA: standard.2009.08.29