Heavy snowfall has downed power lines and left tens of thousands without electricity in the US and Canada.

Scotland's avalanche information service says it has been one of its strangest seasons yet.

The weather alert service warns the public when high or low temperatures could damage their health.

Icy roads and pavements are increasingly becoming a problem for residents in the district.

Snow and freezing rain hits parts of the deep south, closing highways and airports and prompting a first-ever blizzard warning in southwest Louisiana.

A winter storm is dropping snow and freezing rain onto parts of the US deep south, prompting blizzard warnings.

Historic snowfall prompted the first-ever blizzard warning in Southern Louisiana and Southern Texas.

Ella Lowgren's bemused response to locals without coats is viewed more than two million times.