Arctic freeze and snow wreak havoc across the planet - Times Online

There were few precedents for the global sweep of extreme cold and ice that killed dozens in India, paralysed life in Beijing and threatened the Florida orange crop. Chicagoans sheltered from a potentially killer freeze, Paris endured sunny Siberian cold, Italy dug itself out of snowdrifts and Poland counted at least 13 deaths in record low temperatures of about minus 25C (-13F).

ReliefWeb » Document » Cold snap claims 30 lives in N Bangladesh

DHAKA, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- About 30 people, including 28 children, have died of cold-related diseases in the last 11 days in northern Bangladesh as cold wave is sweeping over northern and central part of the south Asian country, local English newspaper New Age reported Monday.

It said some parts of Bangladesh were the hardest hit with temperatures plummeting as low as 6 degrees Celsius.

Shiprock couple dies from exposure - Farmington Daily Times

The preliminary investigation indicates the Parkers may have died of cold exposure.

Cold wave claims 27 lives in Jharkhand, schools change timings

RANCHI - The ongoing cold wave has claimed 27 lives in Jharkhand, thrown life out of gear and forced the government to reschedule school timings in the state.

Arctic winds chill the South, threaten Fla. strawberry, tomato crops; blanket East in snow - latimes.com

The deep freeze was expected to last for at least the rest of the week. The National Weather Service said the mercury could fall below zero in St. Louis later this week for the first time since 1999.

The duration of the cold snap is unusual, especially in the South, where the weather is typically chilly for just a day or two before temperatures rebound into the 50s.

Copenhagen's Dodged Bullet - WSJ.com

Modern men have lived through 20 sudden global warmings.

Time to celebrate, & Oops! The price of success « JoNova

Web traffic rose to massive record for this site in December, and I’m not complaining, but I was not expecting the site costs for December to rise to $678!