The Himalayas, also called the "Third Pole" because they hold more frozen water than anywhere else in the world, except for the Arctic and Antarctic polar ice caps, are experiencing a real suffocation: a lack of snow. The mountain peaks in the Hindu Kush region of the Himalayas, which are usually covered in a vast white blanket of snow in winter, are this year a different color than the rocks and boulders that form them. This fact has been proven throughout this vast mountain range, with a particular occurrence in this western region.

This winter has proven to be particularly atypical, with low precipitation and, of course, little to no snow across the region. But it has followed a pattern that has gradually become increasingly terrifying. (Jose Miguel Dias, yourweather.co.uk )