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The snow is causing travel chaos across the eastern US. A swathe of the US eastern seaboard is braced for an intensifying winter storm that is dumping heavy snow as it sweeps north. Hundreds of flights have been cancelled and severe weather warnings are in place from Georgia to Vermont as temperatures continue to plummet. Blizzards dropping up to 1ft (31cm) of snow are expected to hit New York and parts of New England. South Carolina had its first Christmas snow since records began in 1887. L/Cpl Bill Rhyne, of South Carolina Highway Patrol, said people were heeding warnings to...

China braced for new Sars outbreak John Aglionby Saturday January 3, 2004 The Guardian (UK) China braced itself yesterday for a return of the deadly pneumonia-like Sars virus after genetic tests on a suspected patient in the southern city of Guangdong showed a "high correlation" with the virus's gene sequencing, according to government-controlled media. China's health ministry said more tests were needed before the 32-year-old male television producer could be confirmed as having severe acute respiratory syndrome. The World Health Organisation, which has been liaising with the Chinese authorities since the man started showing symptoms last month, said it would...