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Snow and freezing temperatures caused a third day of chaos in the U.K. for road, rail and air passengers, British officials said Monday.

LONDON - Snow and frigid temperatures caused disruption across northern Europe for a third day Monday, stranding travelers, snarling traffic and shutting schools. Authorities said the bad weather is likely to run through Christmas.

LONDON - Snow and frigid temperatures caused disruption across northern Europe for a third day Monday, stranding travelers, snarling traffic and shutting schools. Authorities said the bad weather is likely to run through Christmas.

Roads, rails, sidewalks and skies - there seemed to be no escape from the wicked weather that swept through New Jersey today.

Powerful winds caused power outages in N.J., N.Y. Enlarge Star-Ledger Staff A traveler inquires about the departure of an Amtrak train on Track 1 to New York at Newark Penn Station this afternoon. Strong winds knocked out catenary wires over the tracks north of the station causing service to New York to be suspended. (Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-Ledger) Powerful winds caused power outages in N.J., N.Y. gallery (13 photos) Roads, rails, sidewalks and skies - there seemed to be no escape from the wicked weather that swept through New Jersey today.

BOGOTA - Rescuers have recovered 12 bodies from a mudslide in northwestern Colombia that may have buried up to 145 people after weeks of heavy rain, officials said on Monday.

Rescue workers recovered 23 bodies but said more than 100 people remained missing and feared dead Monday following a landslide that buried a poor Medellin suburb amid Colombia's heaviest rains in decades.

America's harsh winters cost the nation's economy billions of dollars each year in snow removal equipment, weather damage to streets and vehicles, extra days of school and revenue lost to closed businesses.

London (CNN) -- Both runways at London's Heathrow Airport are open, an airport spokeswoman said Monday, but many people stranded there may not get their Christmas wish of being home for the holidays.

London (CNN) -- Both runways at London's Heathrow Airport are open, an airport spokeswoman said Monday, but many people stranded there may not get their Christmas wish of being home for the holidays.

London (CNN) -- Both runways at London's Heathrow Airport are open, an airport spokeswoman said Monday, but many people stranded there may not get their Christmas wish of being home for the holidays.

Both runways at London's Heathrow Airport are open, an airport spokeswoman said Monday, but many people stranded there may not get their Christmas wish of being home for the holidays.

Several counties in southern New Jersey are expected to get up to three inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service.

Two people froze to death, including one woman whos frozen body was found on a driveway, as an Arctic blast hit the northern U.S., dropping temperatures as low as minus 36 degrees.

(CNN) -- Freezing rain and ice-covered roads made for a treacherous Saturday night in Minnesota, where more than 370 crashes were reported, most of them in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, officials said Sunday. One person was killed.

KATMANDU - Helicopter rides back from Mount Everest after a week on the slopes of the world's tallest mountain might sound like a trekker's delight, but for the tourists trapped in the remote region of Nepal, the extended stay was not on the itinerary.

A huge winter storm was affecting the West Coast on Sunday, poised to dump up to 10 feet of snow in some higher elevations, and causing flooding and potential mudslides in lower spots while impacting driving conditions and air travel, forecasters said.

Through 106 years of traffic and floods and other elements of the weather. And now, after a rehabilitation project, one of New Jersey's oldest and most unique spans has had its life extended even more. "This bridge has always been safe, but it really was starting to show its age," said Frank G. McCartney, executive director of the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, which paid for the $8 million project through tolls at some of its other Delaware River crossings. "There was so much corrosion that it looked like rust was the bridge's official color."

Still another storm is headed this way, with at least 6 inches of snow likely in Hunterdon County by Wednesday morning. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for all of New Jersey, in effect from Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday morning. This comes after a storm which brought around 4 inches of snow to the county...

Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- Temperatures were slowly warming Thursday across the South, where freezing rain glazed roads with ice, but a sprawling winter storm system remained in place across the upper Plains states.

Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- Temperatures were slowly warming Thursday across the South, where freezing rain glazed roads with ice, but a sprawling winter storm system remained in place across the upper Plains states.

A winter storm system spread a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain from the Deep South to the upper Plains states Thursday, snarling ground and air traffic.

CLINTON TWP. - Somebody stole the headlights, fog lights and washer bulbs, with a total value of around $3,300, from two vehicles at the Hunterdon BMW dealership on Route 22 West. In addition, the front bumper to one of the cars was cut and the windshield weather stripping was removed from the other, police reported today. The theft took...

New York (CNN) -- The major snowstorm that pelted much of the Northeast will taper off Thursday, but many schools, government offices and some airport runways are expected to remain closed, officials said.

New York (CNN) -- The weather seems to be going berserk, with more snow dumped on our beleaguered Northeastern cities in a month than in a year, paralyzing business and our lives. Records are being broken even as we speak.