Winter '09 / '10 - Snow in Spain

"Snow fell in parts of Spain for the first time in half a century Monday as a wave of Arctic cold that has killed scores of people and caused billions of euros in damage to Europe's economy swept southwards.

 

"The southern Spanish city of Seville, which normally enjoys temperatures in January of around 15 degrees Celsius (59 degrees Fahrenheit), shivered under its first snowfall in half a century."

 

Elsewhere...

"Prague has had its heaviest snowfalls in 17 years and hundreds of homes across the Czech Republic were without electricity.

"Meanwhile Albania has been contending with a different type of extreme weather, as disastrous floods engulfed more than 10,000 hectares of farmland."
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Turning out to be a memorable winter after a long series of miserable seasons.