Meanwhile, Down Under

[RicInOR]

Australia, apparently the land of drought, heat and fire, is having to dig chairlifts out of record snowfalls 2 weeks into winter.

https://www.sheppnews.com.au/news/bullers-brrrilliant-start-to-snow-season-leaves-skiers-stoked/

https://www.news.com.au/national/recordbreaking-snowfall-for-mt-buller-over-long-weekend/video/c0f1adf56e470973f540ed303ed462e8

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[clanhanson]

It's a continent nearly the size of the U.S. with varying geography and climate; certain areas are slammed with snow yearly while others continue to see hotter and drier weather with increasingly devastating wildfires.

 

[Cavedweller]

From the comments under the first artcle:

"Extreme weather, caused by climate change.
That snow will melt and cause the oceans to rise."