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❄️ A very big winter storm hit the United States, bringing lots of snow, rain, and cold weather. Because of this, about 1500 flights were cancelled and many trips were delayed during the holiday season.
✈️ Airports in big cities like New York and Chicago were very busy and messy. Many planes could not take off or land safely, so families had to wait longer or stay home.
🌨️ More than 40 million people were warned about snow and ice. In New York alone there could be up to 25 centimeters of snow, which is the most in four years.
🌧️ On the other side of the country, California had heavy rain and floods. One airport even closed for a while until workers cleared the water.
🚧 Weather experts and city helpers told everyone to be careful when traveling and to stay safe until the storms pass.

🌍 Big cities can be healthy and happy places when they have clean air, green parks, and safe streets, because pollution and traffic can make people sick and sad.
🚲 Copenhagen is great because many people ride bikes and walk, which helps their bodies stay strong and keeps the air cleaner to breathe every day.
🌳 Vienna feels wonderful because parks and nature are everywhere, buses and trains are cheap, and families from all backgrounds can relax and play outside together.
☀️ Barcelona is getting hotter, but special car free neighborhoods help people walk safely, enjoy trees, and imagine a cooler and greener city in the future.
🌿 London has many beautiful parks, but busy roads and big cars make it hard to reach them safely, so the city still needs better ideas for walking and biking.

🌍 Big earth helpers! Prince William announced the Earthshot Prize 2025 finalists, amazing people and teams from around the world helping to protect our planet in creative ways.
🌱 Nature protectors! Some finalists are working to save forests and wildlife, like replanting trees in Brazil and helping people care for the land in Sweden.
💨 Clean air heroes! Others are finding ways to make city air fresher, with cool ideas from India, China, and Colombia.
🌊 Ocean saviors! Teams from the UK, USA, and the Netherlands are protecting our oceans and stopping plastic from polluting the sea.
🏙️ Green builders! From Australia to Nigeria, people are recycling buildings, reusing clothes, and fixing climate change, all to make Earth happier!

🌍 Scientists in Switzerland found that the country's glaciers melted a lot this year, it's the fourth biggest melt ever recorded!
❄️ There wasn't much snow last winter, and then came hot summer heatwaves, which made the ice melt faster.
🏔️ Switzerland has already lost a quarter of its glacier ice since 2015, that's like losing huge frozen mountains of water!
💧 Around 100 glaciers have already disappeared, and many more could vanish by the end of the century if the Earth keeps getting warmer.
🌱 Scientists say if people reduce pollution and carbon emissions, some glaciers high in the Alps could still be saved for the future.