When the Winter Olympics kicked off in 1924, the city of Chamonix, France, had the glacial temperatures and heavy snowfall needed to host the Games.
In fact, just weeks before the games kicked off, a massive snowstorm brought more than 5.6 feet of snow in 24 hours, requiring crews to urgently shovel out the area to ensure the Games could still take place.
But in the coming decades, Chamonix will likely be one of many former host cities unable to host the Winter Olympics ever again because rising global temperatures are reducing the amount of snowfall, according to climate scientists.
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