IRAQ: Incredibly Rare Snowfall Blankets Baghdad and Karbala

IRAQ: Incredibly Rare Snowfall Blankets Baghdad and Karbala
Residents of central and southern Iraq opened their curtains Tuesday morning (Feb. 11) to an incredibly rare scene — the first “settling” snowfall in over a century (AFP).

Baghdad’s last recorded snowfall –of any kind– was the trace received in 2008 (solar minimum of cycle 23), however that was an uneventful, easily missed affair; with residents young and old reportedly calling this morning’s flakes the first they’ve ever witnessed in the Iraqi capital.


Prior to 2008’s brief falls, it is OVER A CENTURY (1914) since the city had received even a trac


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