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Pedreira, Jorge Miguel Viana. "From Growth to Collapse: Portugal, Brazil, and the Breakdown of the Old Colonial System (1750–1830)." Hispanic American Historical Review 80.4 (2000): 839–864. Santos, Paula Marques. "Relations Between Portugal and Brazil (1930–1945) The Relationship Between the Two National Experiences of the Estado Novo."
Owners of large buildings or building complexes generally have mechanized snow-removal equipment, but individual house owners mostly clean the sidewalk with hand tools. One example of the longstanding debate over the obligation of snow removal comes from the Czech Republic. In Prague, evidence of such a duty is documented since 1838. [13]
Snow in São Joaquim, Santa Catarina. (August 2010) Snow in Canela, Rio Grande do Sul. (August 2013) Snow in Brazil occurs yearly in the high plains of the country's South Region (comprising the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, and Paraná). Elsewhere in the country it is a rare phenomenon but has been registered several times.
Parts of northwestern Europe struggled on Wednesday to cope with the impact of the latest in a series of Atlantic storms which dumped rain or snow on already saturated ground, while northern ...
Bert brought heavy snow and ice to parts of the UK, particularly in the north, on Thursday and Friday. As the storm passed, heavy rain affected southern and western regions over the weekend. The Met Office issued severe weather warnings and the UK Health Security Agency has issued cold weather alerts.
The 2018–19 European winter occurred from late 2018 to early 2019. Notable events included the early snows in Spain and intense flooding in Italy, in cities such as Venice, [4] the intense snow storms which affected central Europe in January, [5] the snow storms in Greece over the New Year period, as well as the end of February.
Land surface temperature anomaly of Europe between January 25 and February 1, 2012 A map of the land temperature anomaly in Europe between January 29 and February 4, 2012. The northern half of Europe was affected primarily by greater cold and – except for a period of early snow – low precipitation.
The high Mediterranean mountains above 1700 metres present some special characteristics. Winters are very harsh and long; the thickness of the snow and strong frosts prevent almost any type of biological activity. Once the snow has disappeared, the soil dries quickly due to the strong sun and high temperatures reached in summer. The period ...