We already know about these stories:
Alaska suffering the coldest winter in three decades
Record cold kills more than 100 in India
China chills hit 28-year low, trapping ships in ice
Here are two more:
New storm plunges snow level to 3,500 feet in L.A. area
Weather Authority: Record-breaking winter storm slams Borderland
From the above link (El Paso, Texas television station KTSM)
11:30 PM, Thursday: A Record setting day in El Paso!Posted by DaveH at January 6, 2013 03:46 PM
El Paso had a record 2.5” inch snowfall by 5 pm, breaking the old record of 1.2”set back in 1949 on January 3rd, with now 2.9”” for the date by 11 pm. The record will be updated with the National Weather Service Daily Climate report in the morning. El Paso also broke the old record rainfall of .21” set in 1957 with .23” of melted snow in the airport rain gauge for the day!