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Heavy snow strands 400 on highway in Xinjiang

More than 400 people in 50 vehicles were stranded for more than a day on a national highway in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region due to heavy snow. Full story

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China's capital reported the heaviest daily snowfall in nearly six decades on Sunday, local meteorological bureau said Monday.

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New round of heavy snowfall hits E China

2010-01-13 08:23:52 GMT Xinhua English A citizen rides bicycle against wind and snow on a street in Weihai, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 13, 2010. A new round of snowfall and cold wave hit the city recently.

Snow, rain coming in new cold wave

2010-01-11 01:21:58 GMT China Daily Temperatures will plummet by up to 12 degrees in the north and rain will fall in the south as a strong cold wave sweeps across the country, the national forecaster said.

Blizzard hits NW China's Xinjiang

2010-01-07 11:18:05 GMT Xinhua English A blizzard hit Aletai on Wednesday and would be expected to stop by Jan. 6 according to local weather apartment. The area has seen continuous blizzard and sharp temperature drop since December in 2009, which leads to serious disasters in agriculture and livestock breeding.

Heavy snow strands 400 on highway in Xinjiang

2010-01-07 09:48:39 GMT Xinhua English URUMQI, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- More than 400 people in 50 vehicles were stranded for more than a day on a national highway in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region due to heavy snow since early Wednesday.

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Cold wave kills 25 in Nepal

2010-01-06 16:58:32 GMT Xinhua English KATHMANDU, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Four people died of cold spell in Saptari in eastern Nepal and Bara districts on Wednesday, taking the death toll to 25 in Nepal for the past one week.

Strong cold wave strikes India

2010-01-05 09:59:40 GMT Xinhua English Passengers wait for trains delayed by heavy fog at the railway station in Amritsar, capital of India's Punjab State, Jan. 4, 2010. A strong cold wave swept through most part of northern India on Monday.

At least 100 people died of cold wave in N. India

2010-01-04 15:08:06 GMT Xinhua English NEW DELHI, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Cold wave conditions over north India show no signs of abating Monday with rainfall in many areas and snowfall in the hills over the last two days bringing down the temperatures drastically.

Thousands forced to evacuate for Australia floodwaters

2010-01-04 10:51:39 GMT Xinhua English Flood waters are seen on the edge of the town of Coonamble, 570km (355 miles) northwest of Sydney, in this handout photo taken January 4, 2010. Australian authorities declared a natural disaster over flood-stricken areas on Monday, but rains submerging large swathes of New South Wales state could be a boon for crop exports after a crippling drought, farmers said.

In Americas

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Heavy coats, tight mufflers: Cold wave sweeps NYC

2010-01-05 10:10:48 GMT Xinhua English Pedestrians with heavy coats and mufflers walk at Times Square in New York of the United States, Jan. 4, 2010. The National Weather Service said a cold wave from north pole would hit most regions of the United States this week, and the lowest temperatures in northern Florida will drop even to about six Celsius degrees under zero.

Flood mudslide kills 85 so far in Brazil

2010-01-05 00:58:28 GMT Xinhua English RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's flood mudslide death toll rose to 85 and is expected to rise further as five people were still reported missing, local authorities said late on Monday,.

Heavy rains in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state cause 70 deaths

2010-01-04 22:06:07 GMT Xinhua English BRASILIA, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Heavy rains have caused the death of more than 70 people in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro within a week, authorities said on Monday.

Hopes fade for Brazil mudslide survivors

2010-01-03 06:47:44 GMT Xinhua English RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Hopes are fading to rescue more mudslide survivors from Brazil's worst mudslides that have so far killed at least 64 people, rescuers said.

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Snow, icy weather disrupts travel across Europe

2010-01-12 02:26:06 GMT Reuters Snow and icy weather disrupted travel across Europe on Sunday, causing hundreds of motorists to abandon their cars in the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where a foot of fresh snow fell and trapping others in their cars for hours on the A20 autobahn because normal snow ploughs could not reach them, authorities said.

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2010-01-11 09:37:19 GMT Reuters Spain's weather authorities have put out alerts for cold temperatures and snowstorms in several regions of the country.

Heavy snow halts planes, trains and cars in Europe

2010-01-11 03:42:08 GMT SINA.com BERLIN – Europeans were struggling to restore roads and railways Sunday after heavy snow caused hundreds of traffic accidents, halted flights from Germany and France, downed power lines in Poland and trapped more than 160 people overnight on a frozen German highway.

Paris braces for heavy snow

2010-01-08 02:42:48 GMT AFP A cold snap has swept across Europe, with rain and snow slaming northern France, Paris and bordeaux.