Arctic blast grips US north-east, bringing frostbite-threatening temperatures

Worcester, Massachusetts, US Reuters A powerful arctic blast swept into the US north-east on Friday, pushing temperatures to perilously low levels across the region, including New Hampshire’s Mount Washington, where the wind chill dropped to -79 degrees Celsius, forecasters said. Wind-child warnings were posted for most of New York state and all six New England […]
Parents grieve for three-month old baby, a victim of Afghanistan’s deadly winter

Kabul, Afghanistan Reuters Shamila doesn’t have a photo of the baby son who died in her arms in freezing temperatures at their home in Kabul this month, but she remembers his face perfectly. “He had a white and bright face, big eyes, a small nose and black hair,” she said. The parents of Amrullah, a […]
More than 160 Afghans die in bitterly cold weather

Kabul, Afghanistan Reuters More than 160 people have died from the cold in Afghanistan this month in the worst winter in more than a decade, authorities said on Thursday, as residents described being unable to afford fuel to heat homes in temperatures well below freezing. “162 people have died due to cold weather since January […]
Freezing temperatures kill 78 people in Afghanistan

Kabul, Afghanistan Reuters At least 78 people have died of cold in Afghanistan during the country’s worst winter in more than a decade, authorities said on Thursday. Deaths from the cold have been recorded in eight of the country’s 34 provinces, officials said. An Afghan man walks on a snow-covered cemetery in Kabul, Afghanistan, on […]