1.   With temperatures already dropping below freezing at night, the oncoming winter threatens to bring widespread sickness, starvation and death.

2.   He said authorities had to help the worst-off people simply to survive the oncoming winter.

3.   UN officials have appealed for warm clothing, blankets and shoes for the flood victims, saying their toughest problem would be to face the oncoming winter.

4.   UN officials have appealed for warm clothing, blankets and shoes for North Korean flood victims, saying their toughest problem would be to face the oncoming winter.