ATLANTA, Jan 6 — A winter storm brought snow, ice and freezing temperatures to a broad swath of the US yesterday, with some 60 million people across more than a dozen states from Kansas to New Jersey under winter weather warnings and advisories.

BEIJING, Feb 6 — Freezing rain, snow, and ice have snarled traffic in central and eastern China as billions travel home ahead of the Spring Festival holiday in the blistering cold weather which has swept through parts of the country over the past week.

TOKYO, Jan 25 — Heavy snow blanketed wide swathes of Japan on Wednesday, snarling traffic, forcing hundreds of flight cancellations and disrupting train travel, leaving at least one person dead.

LAO CHAI, Jan 21 — Ice and snow have been spotted on Mount Fansipan, the highest mountain in Vietnam, as a result of widespread rain and freezing temperatures on early Friday.