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Stansted has suspended all flights for the foreseeable, while Gatwick and Heathrow have cancelled more than 50 flights. Roads and railway also disrupted.
Jammu, Jan 4 (EFE/EPA).- Kashmir remained cut off from the rest of the country as heavy snowfall in the Pir Panjal mountain range blocked the Srinagar-Jammu highway, authorities said Monday. The highway is the only road connection between the landlocked valley and the rest of the country. (Camera: JAIPAL SINGH).SHOT LIST: TRUCK DRIVERS PREPARE THEIR MEAL ON A ROADSIDE NEAR THEIR STRANDED VEHICLES AS THEY WAIT FOR THE OPENING OF THE JAMMU-SRINAGAR NATIONAL HIGHWAY WHICH IS CLOSED TO TRAFFIC, ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF JAMMU, INDIA.
In the past two months, about 400,000 tonnes of snow were removed from Norilsk.
Countries across the northern hemisphere are battling extreme weather with authorities in Europe trying to cope with an extended period of freezing conditions.
Heavy snowfall and low temperatures grip the South Korean capital of Seoul following a cold weather warning by South Korea's Meteorological Administration issued earlier this week. IMAGES