1.   That followed a big decrease in January, though, when record snowfall disrupted business in the Northeast.

2.   Fresh snowfall again disrupted relief efforts to earthquake-ravaged northeast Afghanistan on Wednesday, as survivors shivered under under blankets near the crumbled shells of their former homes.

3.   Heavy snowfall disrupted road, rail and air traffic and downed power lines across Poland on Wednesday, shutting down schools and curtailing hospital services.

4.   Heavy snowfall disrupted life in most of Iran, forcing schools to shut and trapping thousands in Tehran, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.

5.   In Kent, snowfall disrupted train and ferry services.

6.   Snowfall has also disrupted air and sea links between Aberdeen and the Shetland Islands.