Arctic chill continues to grip Germany, and more wintry weather is expected this week.
A storm will bring the risk of ice along a 500- to 1,000-mile swath of the central United States from Friday to Saturday.
Millions of people from Baltic states and Poland southward to the Mediterranean Sea, including thousands of refugees, have endured dangerous cold.
Colds and the flu are well-known winter ailments, but cold weather affects the body in a number of surprising ways.
The famed Pioneer Cabin tree, known for its hollow center that allowed cars to pass through, collapsed during the intense storm that blasted California with heavy rain.
After a year of dangerous conditions and low population growth, scientists in California were happy to report that 2016 was a success for thousands of sea lion pups.
One person was killed and tens of thousands are without power as a major storm hits central and northern California.
Wintry and windy weather will invade portions of the midwestern and northeastern United States from Monday night to Tuesday.
Life-threatening flooding will continue to wallop northern and central California into the middle of the week.
Temperatures will continue to plunge to dangerously low and damaging levels into Monday in the wake of the snowstorm over the southern United States.