Three skiers are believed to have died after an avalanche buried them under more than 30 feet of snow. The accident happened outside of Girdwood, Alaska. The skiers had taken a helicopter to access a remote area of a mountain, a sport called heli-skiing.
Hundreds of schools are closed and millions of people on Australia’s east coast are filling sandbags and bracing for the region’s first cyclone landfall in 51 years. Widespread flooding is expected from Cyclone Alfred. Watch this video to see how the storm is already impacting Brisbane and learn when it’s expected to make landfall.
Winter will keep its grasp on the Northeast as we head into the weekend. Gusty winds, biting wind chills and lingering snow showers mean you should keep bundling up even as we dive deeper into March. Places like Pittsburgh, Syracuse, New York and Boston will all see winter linger to finish out the week. But there is hope. Check out when a spring-like warmup could be headed your way.