Last weekend, an enormous storm struck the US, bringing with it subfreezing temperatures and many feet of snow. Unprepared for such weather, some Northern Californians are now requesting rescue assistance from teams after becoming stranded by snow that accumulated swiftly. When a massive storm blew over the US this week, almost a million households and businesses in the country are now without electricity. The... 

Thousands of tourists have been stranded due to landslides caused by unseasonably heavy rain and snow in mountainous northeastern Pakistan. At least 3,000 tourists, mostly Pakistanis, were stranded in the towns of Naran and Kaghan on Monday, said Abdullah Khan, a National Highway Authority official, adding that long lines of cars were on roads blocked by piles of snow. “We have been working all...