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Moscow, Russia (AHN) - Russians are bracing for temperatures of as low as minus 55 degrees Celsius (minus 67 degrees Fahrenheit) in Siberia as Russia's emergencies ministry warns on Wednesday of its impending dangers in the coming weeks. Government agencies were placed on high alert, reports AFP. The ministry ordered local administration officials to prepare for the extreme chill expected to last until Jan. 21. The ministry warned that the unusually cold weather could kill, cause frost-bite, conk heaters and cut electricity to homes, disrupt transport, increase the rate of car accidents and even destroy buildings across Siberia. The freezing...

Scores dead in Afghan cold snap By Charles Haviland BBC News, Kabul Authorities have put out an alert to combat cold-related diseases The number of people who have died due a cold snap in Afghanistan has risen to 200, government officials say. Four large provinces in the western part of the country have been especially badly hit. Tens of thousands of livestock have also perished. Local people are saying the winter conditions have been the most severe in decades. The cold spell is also affecting neighbouring countries. People seem to have been unprepared for the heavy snow and low temperatures....

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The blowing snow and intense cold was blamed for two more deaths on Wednesday — a total of 13 nationwide since the cold settled in — and kept schools closed for a second and in some cases a third day across much of Ohio and West Virginia. The arctic weather disrupted flights from Chicago to the Northeast on Tuesday, leaving some travelers to camp out in airports overnight. Slick roads led to huge chain-reaction traffic accidents, and schools have been closed in places from Minnesota to upstate New York. There was some relief Wednesday in the Great...

Feb. 10, 2005 22:00 Snow expected in Jerusalem as cold spell peaks By DAVID RUDGE Snow is forecast for Jerusalem and hilly central districts over the weekend as well as Mount Hermon and northern peaks as the recent cold spell reaches a peak. The Israel Meteorological Service (IMS) said rain in the North on Thursday night would turn to snow on northern reaches of the Golan and Galilee hilltops, as well as Mt. Hermon. The rain is slated to spread to central and southern district in the course of Friday with the prospects of sleet in Jerusalem, although this is...

Hundreds die from the coldWed, Jan. 08, 2003 9:18 AM ETBy the Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) Nearly 400 people have died of cold in Bangladesh and northern India in the past 10 days as temperatures plummeted and cold winds swept in from the Himalayas, officials and news reports said Wednesday. The cold sweeping across northern Bangladesh caused 60 deaths this week, raising the toll to 260, media reports said. Temperatures dipped into the 30s and 40s Fahrenheit - dangerous levels in impoverished India and Bangladesh, where millions of people live without heat, electricity and warm clothing. At least...

Global warming causes 5 to 10% of Washington's apple crop to be frozen while still waiting to be picked. The last several nights temperatures have dipped from 4 to 6 degrees F.This is uncharted territory that has not been experienced in recent history. No one knows what will happen to the remaining crop, if it can be picked and packed.As one wag was heard to exclaim, "This global warming is the pitts."