Photos from the beach, show houses turned into ‘ice palaces’, while trees are adorned in frozen decorations.

New York homes covered in thick ice after gales create Frozen-like landscape

A wet start for many central and southern parts with rain, sleet and snow. 

Thursday's weather: Rain, sleet or snow for most

The forecast came as Environment Secretary George Eustice defended Boris Johnson for defying calls to visit flood-stricken areas.

Snowfall of 76.2cm was recorded at St John’s International Airport in Newfoundland on Friday.

Authorities confirmed 55 people had been killed in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, while a further 15 died in neighboring Afghanistan.

A fresh covering of snow has blanketed a swathe of northern England.

An extended-range forecast for predicts temperatures could plunge in January and February, trumping even 2018's Beast from the East.


Delays on roads, rail, waterways and in the skies caused by snow falls in parts of New South Wales and Queensland and icy winds.

The train was traveling from Seattle to Los Angeles when it got stranded after striking a tree.

Monday was the warmest winter day on record.

Residents and even police were digging vehicles out from weather described the National Weather Service as 'not your average' storm.

People at Wright Park in Tacoma, Washington, took cover behind picnic tables and used sledges as shields.

Guests and staff at Montecito Sequoia Lodge had been trapped since last weekend.

Officers in Duvall, Washington filmed the video which has been widely shared on social media. 

The low temperature was recorded at Chillingham Barns in Northumberland.