Deadly blizzards bring Asia chaos
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Heavy snow causes scores of deaths and disruption in parts of Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia and Pakistan.
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CHICAGO, March 1 -- A fierce line of storms stretching from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico spawned deadly tornadoes and blizzards Thursday, killing at least seven people in Alabama, state officials said, and burying chunks of the Midwest under a foot or more of snow.
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Hundreds of thousands of travellers stranded in most severe snowstorms for half a century
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China struggled on Sunday with transport havoc and threats to energy and food supplies caused by snows and freezing cold, with forecasters warning of more harsh weather across eastern and central areas in coming days.
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China issued a severe weather warning on Monday for large swathes of the country already reeling from transport havoc and power shortages caused by the heaviest snowfalls in decades.
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Millions of Chinese shivered through power cuts and water shortages on Wednesday and millions more were stranded by snow that has blanketed parts of central and southern China, raising concerns about their safety.
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Heavy snow storms batter North America, cancelling hundreds of flights and closing schools.
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Gale-force winds dumping heavy snow wreaked havoc across Austria and Slovakia on Saturday, blowing cars into deadly collisions, knocking out power to thousands of homes and tearing off a balcony that struck a man below.
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Several states in the north-eastern US declare emergencies because of continuing fierce blizzards.
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Gales force winds and rain cause chaos in parts of central, western, and southern Scotland.
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Brutal winter weather across China on Monday stranded hundreds of thousands of people and choked energy flows, claiming a rising human and economic toll that pummeled local stock prices ahead of Chinese New Year.
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Snow and ice storms have stranded hundreds of thousands of people Â most of them migrant workers hoping to leave for the Chinese New Year Â and more blizzards threatened Monday to wreck what for many is a rare chance to see family.
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Typhoon Xangsane has wrought destruction across the Philippines causing widespread flooding, closing schools and financial markets, disrupting transport and leaving at least two people dead.
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China on Sunday ordered urgent steps to fight transport chaos and threats to energy and food supplies caused by brutal winter weather that forecasters said will continue as the nation heads into a major holiday.
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A deadly winter storm brought snow and sleet to the Northeast on Thursday, while crews in the Plains and Midwest worked to restore power to hundreds of thousands
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Chaotic winter weather besieged  China's business and farming heartland on Tuesday amid the  country's worst power crisis, with one mountain-road accident  blamed on snow killing 25 people ahead of a major holiday.
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At least 25 people were killed as a bus plunged off an icy roadway in China Tuesday, the latest casualties in a surge of severe winter weather that has disrupted the country's busiest holiday travel season and stranded hundreds of thousands of Chinese.