February 12, 2020 8:56 AM

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Iraqi capital Baghdad receives 2nd snowfall in a century

<span style="color: #222222;">Residents of Baghdad rushed to have snowball fights or take photographs today as the Iraqi capital woke carpeted in white by only its second snowfall in a century.<br />''<br />''The last recorded snowfall in the city was in 2008, but it was a quick and mostly slushy affair — and prior to that, it had been a century since Baghdad saw any flakes. Iraqis young and old said it is the first time they had ever seen snow falling in Baghdad. </span><br />

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