The Christmas period was unseasonably mild, but since then there have been days of cold and snowy weather.

In Stewart's first "Daily Show" episode of the year, he couldn't help but point out how the snowy weather in Washington D.C. is reminiscent of "a blanket of angry white descending on the Capitol."

On Monday morning, snowy conditions forced schools across north-east Scotland and northern England to close on the first day back after the Christmas holidays.

Cities including Washington DC, Baltimore and Philadelphia are preparing for snowy and icy conditions from Sunday into Monday.

Whitney on Saturday for a Texas man who went missing this week while attempting to summit the notoriously challenging peak in frigid and snowy conditions.