Wintry Blast

A wintry blast of freezing temperatures swept across Europe on Sunday, with a biting wind from Siberia claiming four lives and endangering the continent's homeless -- with the worst yet to come.

Canada and the northern United States were suffering their first brutal cold spell of the season Friday, after a frigid mass of Arctic air -- the dreaded "Polar Vortex" -- settled over the region.

Britain was bracing itself for another weekend full of snow disruptions on Tuesday after forecasters warned of a further wintry blast bringing fresh snowfalls. While temperatures on Tuesday night were due to plummet to as low as -13 degrees Celsius at some places, the Siberian icy chill was far from over with the big freeze due to last well into th...

A wintry blast of freezing temperatures swept across Europe on Sunday, with a biting wind from Siberia claiming four lives and endangering the continent's homeless -- with the worst yet to come.

Canada and the northern United States were suffering their first brutal cold spell of the season Friday, after a frigid mass of Arctic air -- the dreaded "Polar Vortex" -- settled over the region.

Britain was bracing itself for another weekend full of snow disruptions on Tuesday after forecasters warned of a further wintry blast bringing fresh snowfalls. While temperatures on Tuesday night were due to plummet to as low as -13 degrees Celsius at some places, the Siberian icy chill was far from over with the big freeze due to last well into th...