Roads are closed or treacherous, train services are hit and power cuts are affecting thousands of households.

BBC: Wales snow: Schools, roads and airport closed

Council leaders have welcomed extra funding to avoid a cut in council tax benefit for thousands of households.

BBC: Houses, newport

The new bill will affect tens of thousands of households in NI.

BBC: McCausland presses case for Welfare Reform Bill in NI

With thousands of such households to support and at least 5, 000 permanently disabled veterans to rehabilitate the government has appealed for donations.

ECONOMIST: And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds

Radiation readings on Thursday showed levels in water in Tokyo had fallen back below the danger level, but the municipal authorities are distributing thousands of bottles of water to households with infants.

BBC: Fukushima workers in hospital after radiation exposure

While many households are having difficulty refinancing their mortgages, Chase is sending letters to thousands of their customers with a mortgage modification ready to go.

FORBES: Ignore Your Mail And Lose Thousands of Dollars