Seven Sisters photograph

Seven Sisters

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Elevation 288
Easiest routeMetacomet-Monadnock Trail
Parent peak42° 18' 17"N, 72° 33' 11"W
Locations Hadley
South Hadley
Massachusetts
Age of rock200 million yrs
Mountain range Holyoke Range
Metacomet Ridge
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
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About Seven Sisters


The Seven Sisters, part of the Holyoke Range and located within the Pioneer Valley region of Massachusetts, are a series of basalt ridgeline knobs between Mount Holyoke and Mount Hitchcock. The knobs offer scenic clifftop views interspersed with oak savanna woodlands.

Snow weather warning: Hazardous driving conditions reported

Feb 16,2020 8:14 am

Flooding has caused travel disruption, after heavy Snow in south and mid Wales led to some roads becoming impassable.

A Met Office was issued for 11 of Wales' 22 counties, but ended at 10:00 GMT.

A yellow warning for rain covered 13 counties on Thursday.

Traffic analysts Inrix warned of hazardous driving conditions on some roads in Powys , Ceredigion and Neath Port Talbot , but no schools had to close because of The Snow .

Natural Resources Wales also issued a flood warning for the River Teme at Knighton, Powys .

Snow fell in Hirwaun, Cynon Valley

Transport for Wales said flooding on the railway between Gloucester and Lydney was causing disruption to trains between Gloucester and Cardiff Central.

Trains could be cancelled, delayed by up to 40 Minutes or terminated at Gloucester, it warned.

Meanwhile, the A466 between the A4136 in Monmouth and the Newland turn off in Redbrook has been closed in both directions due to flooding.

The Rain warning is in place in Blaenau Gwent , Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil , Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot , Newport, Powys , Rhondda Cynon Taff , Swansea, Torfaen and Vale of Glamorgan.

Snow covered the ground in Ebbw Vale

Snow caused problems on the roads after Falling Overnight .

Some vehicles were left stranded on the A4109 between Seven Sisters and Banwen in Neath Port Talbot , while the A482 in Lampeter, Ceredigion, and A4221 between Abercrave and Coelbren in Powys were blocked for a time.

BBC Wales weather presenter Derek Brockway said "a huge swirl of low pressure" was causing the unsettled conditions.

A snowy scene in Libanus, Powys Carys Evans took this picture of roads near Ystradgynlais, Powys A layer of Snow covers mountains near Rhigos

The Weather warning for Snow covered Blaenau Gwent , Caerphilly, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Merthyr Tydfil , Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot , Powys , Rhondda Cynon Taff , Swansea and Torfaen.

On Wednesday, a multi-vehicle accident and Snow forced the closure of a 12-mile (19km) stretch of the A470 between Merthyr Tydfil and Libanus in Powys .

Lewis Wheeler captured this image in Banwen, Neath Port Talbot Thomas Winstone captured this image in Ebbw Vale , Blaenau Gwent , on Thursday morning Snow has fallen in Penderyn, Rhondda Cynon Taff

received "a high number of calls about weather-related incidents" and advised People to allow extra time if travelling.

Brecon Mountain Rescue said it was called in to assist police on Wednesday evening with a "minor incident" caused by Snow on the A470 near the Cantref reservoir in the Brecon Beacons , Powys .

The Team also helped a woman whose car had lost forward momentum on the Hirwaun Road in Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taff .

People are being told to Take Care on the roads Snow has settled at a pub in Penderyn

brecon, merthyr tydfil, lampeter, ystradgynlais, llanwrda, st asaph, glyn-neath, hirwaun, penderyn, monmouth, mountain ash, cardiff

Source of news: bbc.com

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