91.   The report attributed the slump in production to severe winter weather last month.

92.   Many have blamed the high death toll on severe winter weather which hit the whole country over the past week.

93.   Record low temperatures were also reported in Texas while authorities in Alabama declared a state of emergency to deal with severe winter storms, with snow falling on Mobile.

94.   Retail sales improved February after a dismal performance in January, particularly on the East Coast, that partly was blamed on severe winter weather.

95.   Severe winter weather in Spain has claimed two lives, blocked two trains in snowdrifts and temporarily isolated hundreds of small communities, civil defence authorities said Thursday.

96.   The Crimea and other areas in the east and south, not used to such severe winters, suffered particularly heavy snowfalls last weekend.

97.   The Fed attributed the slump in production to severe winter weather last month.