They were in waist-deep snow and whiteout conditions ... “I couldn't open the chest because my hands were frozen." The two sat there with the wind blowing on them for about six hours.

This little dwelling was covered in deep snow in February 2012, when the big freeze sadly ... Ordinary people, too, worked to unearth their frozen homes from the devastating snowdrifts. This woman ...

The risk of snowmelt flooding is highest in areas with deep winter snowpacks, such as the northern U.S. and mountainous ...