Heavy snow kills over 8,000 cattle in NW China -- china.org.cn

Heavy snow has killed 8,160 cattle in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region this month, local authorities said.

Low temperatures and avalanches after four snowfalls in Yili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture had killed the cattle, Yu Donghua, a prefecture husbandry and veterinary bureau official, said Monday.

In total, 891 houses and 435 cattle sheds collapsed in the snow and 3,531 houses were at risk, he said.

'Snow bomb' brings record snowfall across New Brunswick

The winter storm that swept across New Brunswick on Monday blew in record levels of snow in some parts of the province.

Some of the snowiest places following Monday's blizzard were McNamee, near Boiestown, which saw more than 65 centimetres of snow fall, as well, Kouchibouguac, on the province's east coast, witnessed 60 centimetres of snow fall. [Via Global Freeze]