South Africa Sees Rarity: Snow

People slowly came outside despite the cold wind today across South Africa, pointed their mobile phone cameras to the sky, and opened their mouths to taste a rare snowfall that fell on much of the country. The snow began this morning, part of an extreme cold snap now biting into a nation still in its winter months. By mid-afternoon, officials recorded snowfall across most of South Africa. Records show it has snowed in Johannesburg on only 22 other days in the last 103 years, the last time in 2007. (More South Africa stories.)