Snow news headlines

There are two very different weather conditions in Australia today as the mountains are dusted by snow but the cities swelter through a low-intensity heatwave.

Footage, taken from Blake's helmet, captures the terrifying moment the mountain below him suddenly gives way producing a rushing wall of snow.

Jeremy Renner's injuries while using a snow tractor to free a snowbound motorist on a private mountain road near Lake Tahoe appear to be the result of a "tragic accident," the sheriff in Reno has said.

Actor Jeremy Renner suffered "blunt chest trauma and orthopaedic injuries" after a New Year's Day snow ploughing accident, a spokesperson for the Marvel star says.

Snowstorms have continued to devastate parts of the US and Canada, with rising death tolls and freezing temperatures expected to continue.

The winter storm death toll has risen to 34 in Erie County, New York, as crews continue to clear roads and first responders check on people they couldn't reach days ago.

The death toll rises as temperatures stay at freezing lows.

The storm unleashed its full fury with hurricane-force winds causing whiteout conditions for days.

Winter weather is continuing to disrupt holiday travel across the United States.

Travellers in the US are bracing for one of the most treacherous Christmas weekends in decades.

Snow and ice disrupted rail travel and closed schools in parts of south-east England this week.

Three young boys who fell through ice covering a lake in central England have died and a fourth remains hospitalised as weather forecasters issued severe weather warnings for large parts of the UK.

Sudden storms hit Queensland and Western Australia overnight bringing thousands of lightning strikes.

A New South Wales ski resort has been ordered to pay more than $200,000 in fines and costs by a court for polluting the local waterways.

As chilly conditions grip the east coast, a community in NSW is being told to evacuate as waters rise.

Incredible scenes as a dangerous snowstorm paralyses parts of western and northern New York, with the possibility of much more on the way.

A ferocious hailstorm lashed parts of Sydney on Wednesday afternoon, while other parts of New South Wales were given a dusting of unseasonable snow.

An "unseasonable mix" of dangerous weather will be felt across nearly all states and territories due to two duelling systems.

Unseasonable snow is expected in both Victoria and New South Wales, while Melbourne is set to experience its coldest Melbourne Cup day in decades.

A major avalanche has steamrolled base camp at Manaslu, taking out dozens of climbers' tents on the world's eighth-highest mountain.

Seven people have been treated for injuries after a bus with dozens of adults and children on board crashed at Perisher Valley.

Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr lifts his two-year-old daughter Nikole after they left a train from Zaporizhia at Lviv, Ukraine, on August 25.

Sydney train strikes continue amid union negotiations; Two bodies found in Adelaide retirement village

Temperatures plunged overnight as an extreme cold front moved east.

A group of hikers have been rescued after they spent two days stuck in the wilderness after a blizzard struck in the NSW snowfields.

It was close to midnight on July 30, 1997, when the ground gave way above Thredbo Alpine Village in the NSW snowfields.

A pair of walkers are lucky to be alive after being rescued in blizzards from a mountain in Tasmania, police say.

Drivers in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory are being warned to drive safely - with double demerits coming into force at midnight.

Winter temperature records are being smashed and that's set to continue for some time, one weather service warns.

Ski resorts in Australia's alpine regions are kicking off the winter season early after a polar front brought heavy snow and icy temperatures to the country's south-east.

People are being told to stay alert as the polar snap reaches its worst today.

The cold and gale force winds hitting eastern Australia are expected to continue for the next two days with the weather experts warning more icy conditions are on the way.

Today was the coldest day of the year, with much of the state struggling to reach double figures.

A freezing cold front is set to mark the start of winter as a polar blast sweeps through the nation's south-east.

A cold snap has set temperatures plummeting across multiple states - and it's set to last a while yet.

A "strong cold front" will pass over Victoria and NSW later this week.

In an announcement released today Decathlon said it was "ramping up supply" in response to Aldi's announcement and had "enough stock for everyone".

Eighteen people in the US have been rescued from a major ice sheet that separated from land near Catawba Island in Lake Erie.

A major winter storm threatens more than 100 million Americans across middle section of the US on Wednesday, forcing airlines to cancel hundreds of flights, governors urged residents to stay off roads and schools closed campuses.

The collapse came hours before US President Joe Biden was set to visit the city on a pre-planned trip to press for his $1 trillion infrastructure bill, which includes bridge maintenance.

You've heard of blizzards and maybe even the polar vortex, but have you heard of ice pancakes?

Sand dunes in the Saudi Arabian desert have been covered in snow as rare storms sweep through the typically dry sunny region.

At least 21 people are dead in northern Pakistan after thousands of vehicles became stranded in a blizzard.

Fewer than 20 abandoned vehicles remained on Interstate 95 in eastern Virginia in the US on Tuesday evening local time after a severe winter storm left many motorists stranded overnight.

Days after a furious fire was fuelled by hurricane force winds, Colorado residents have another extreme to contend with; the bitter cold.

Severe weather sweeping parts of the US brought frigid temperatures to the Pacific Northwest, heavy snow to mountains in Northern California and Nevada and unseasonable warmth to Texas and the Southeast

Windy and scorching conditions created an ideal setting for fires to tear through Western Australia over the Christmas weekend.

On the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, where polar bears reign and the dark nights are illuminated by the Northern Lights, there is a legend that Santa Claus lives in an abandoned mine below the ice

Parts of California are known for whiplash weather but in two weeks the average snowpack has gone from 18 per cent to 98 per cent.

An architect-designer in southern Finland has returned to a frozen lake with a snow shovel to draw a large animal on the ice for the sixth year in a row.