Snow strands 6,100 trucks in the Andes
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BUENOS AIRES -- Heavy snow in the Andes left 6,100 trucks stuck yesterday along the main mountain pass between Argentina and Chile, a transportation official said.
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China dispatched the army Wednesday to help millions of people stranded by intense snowstorms that have brought transport gridlock, crippled power supplies and hindered relief efforts, state media reported.
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An avalanche in central Switzerland has killed six people, rescue services said Thursday.
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Hundreds of thousands of travellers stranded in most severe snowstorms for half a century
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Torrential rains have caused widespread flooding in southern Ecuador, eastern Bolivia and northern Argentina, with nearly 50 people killed and thousands made homeless, triggering international humantarian aid to the region.
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Thousands of Argentines cheered and threw snowballs in the streets of Buenos Aires on Monday as the capital's first major snowfall since 1918 spread a thin white mantle across the region.
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Homeless people packed shelters, students got a day off from school, and drivers had to take their time as millions of people bundled up to meet subzero temperatures tied to at least six deaths.
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China's worst winter storms in five decades have highlighted the vulnerabilities of the country's booming economy, bringing transportation and much industry to a halt and prompting the government to deploy 500,000 army troops to assist troubled areas
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LIMA, PERU. - At least 49 people have been killed in a passenger bus crash in northern Peru, and 15 more were injured. The vehicle was travelling a mountainous jungle road from the capital Lima to the provincial
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From shoveling to playing Monopoly, snow packs a big impact in cold-front country.
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OSWEGO, N.Y. - While the northern Plains and Northeast shiver in dangerously cold temperatures, the folks in upstate New York are keeping warm shoveling snow - lots of snow.
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Severe snowstorms over broad swaths of eastern and central China have wreaked havoc on traffic throughout the country.
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Police trying to reach motorists cut off by substantial snowdrifts on cross-Pennine routes
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Parts of upstate New York have recorded more than 6 feet of snow, and forecasters with the National Weather Service say it isn't over yet
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Authorities struggled to remove abandoned cars and reopen slick highways across the nation's midsection after a record snowfall buried the region and stranded holiday travelers and shoppers.
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Scientists say the rate snow is fading on the largest glacier chain in the tropics, Peru's Cordillera Blanca, indicates global warming is accelerating and there's water trouble ahead. By the Associated Press.
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Heavy snow pummeled Idaho, Utah, Colorado and Washington, leaving thousands without power, causing widespread havoc on roads and even overwhelming one ski resort.