Wintry Temperature

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.

Asylum seekers in Sweden have begun moving into the first tent camp set up for them, despite wintry temperatures as the country struggles to accommodate the large number of migrants arriving, an AFP correspondent at the scene reported today.

The wintry feeling prevailed in the national capital today with the maximum temperature settling below the 30 degree Celsius mark.

A huge lake-effect snow storm paralyzed the upstate city of Buffalo on Tuesday, forcing state police on snowmobiles to deliver blankets to stranded motorists on the main highway across New York state on a wintry day when temperatures fell to freezing or below in all 50 states.

A deadly chill had much of the United States and Canada in its wintry grip on Tuesday, as a record-breaking cold snap brought temperatures lower than on the surface of Mars.

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.

Asylum seekers in Sweden have begun moving into the first tent camp set up for them, despite wintry temperatures as the country struggles to accommodate the large number of migrants arriving, an AFP correspondent at the scene reported today.

The wintry feeling prevailed in the national capital today with the maximum temperature settling below the 30 degree Celsius mark.

A huge lake-effect snow storm paralyzed the upstate city of Buffalo on Tuesday, forcing state police on snowmobiles to deliver blankets to stranded motorists on the main highway across New York state on a wintry day when temperatures fell to freezing or below in all 50 states.

A deadly chill had much of the United States and Canada in its wintry grip on Tuesday, as a record-breaking cold snap brought temperatures lower than on the surface of Mars.

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...