first christmas message. it is with this life giving light and our service to others that i believe we can find hope for the future. welcome to bbc news. millions of people in the us and canada are spending christmas in the grip of a severe winter storm. it s brought extreme frost, heavy snow and strong winds. at least 35 people have died in weather related incidents and around 175,000 homes are without power. 0ur north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, reports. a very white christmas has turned more into a deep freeze. the city of buffalo in new york state is used to tough weather conditions, but this storm has left it paralysed. many don t even have any power to cook their christmas lunch. i m really glad that i have a fireplace because otherwise i d be freezing right now. 43 inches of snow fell here as of christmas morning. driving is banned as the blizzard conditions leave roads impassable, power substations frozen and at least seven people dead. we are in a war. this i
in the light of her faith, in his first christmas message. it is in the life giving light and with the true humility that lies in our service to others, but i believe we can find hope for the future. millions of people in the us and canada are spending christmas in the grip of a severe winter storm. it s brought extreme frost, heavy snow and strong winds. at least 35 people have died in weather related incidents, and around 175,000 homes are without power. 0ur north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, reports. a very white christmas has turned more into a deep freeze. the city of buffalo in new york state is used to tough weather conditions, but this storm has left it paralysed. many don t even have any power to cook their christmas lunch. i m really glad that i have a fireplace because otherwise i d be freezing right now. 43 inches of snow fell here as of christmas morning. driving is banned as the blizzard conditions leave roads impassable, power substations frozen and at l
COTOBADE, Dec 26 Six people died and two were injured after a bus plunged into a river overnight while crossing a bridge in Spain’s northwestern Galicia region, officials.
the mayor of the village where the accident happened, jorge cubela, described the incident as big misfortune. translation: it was a line bus travelling from lugo to vigo. i what we know is really what we see. the bus fell into a river from a 20m high bridge. it is a tragedy. emergency services recovered two bodies near the accident site while four others were found in the river later on sunday. according to local media, people who had visited loved ones in one of galicia s prisons were among the victims. the rescue operation around the bridge has now finished and engineers are looking for a way to safely recover the bus from the river. the cause of the accident is not yet known but local authorities believe the poor weather could have played a role. sergi forcada, bbc news. rescue teams are searching for survivors of an avalanche in western austria. it s thought two people remain