Reports from the northern regions of Russia's Maritime territory have the area blanketed by a creamy reddish snow caused by a mixture of weather patterns. Government officials have been broadcasting non-stop weather bulletins to inform the public of the unique and unusual natural phenomenon.

Sudden violent winds accompanied by snow caused an 86-car pileup on a western Michigan freeway that injured 25 people. None of the injuries are life-threatening, police said Monday. Visibility was down to zero on the icy road, stacking some of the cars four deep on U. S. 31, reports The Associated Press. Witness Laurie Devries says some of the cars were on fire, with one woman panicking, "Her car was on fire and she couldn't get out so she just passed the baby through the window. We kind of got him up to the hill and helped some other people out of their car. "

Snow breaks mans fall and allows for a happy ending to what had the potential to be a deadly accident. A man plummets 130 feet from a helicopter but escapes injury because deep snow cushioned his fall.

At the first thought of Hawaii, a snowstorm rarely comes to mind. However, the access road to the summit of Mauna Kea on the Big Island was forced to close, according to reports, due to snow.

Frigid temperatures in Europe and very cold air in the stratosphere has created a mini hole in the ozone layer above the Netherlands. The Dutch National Weather service says the hole will last a few days, and is a different phenomenon than the large hole over Antarctica, which lasts several months, Expatica News and the Netherlands' national news agency ANP reported Friday.