Multiple people were injured when about 50 vehicles were involved in the huge pileup on Interstate 80 just outside Youngstown in Ohio on Tuesday morning. The driver of a semitrailer died when he crashed into emergency vehicles on Interstate 70 in Clark County and another driver was killed in a crash on the Ohio Turnpike in Richfield. The quick-moving storm system is affecting about 70 per cent of the U.S., which will experience freezing temperatures this week. Forecasters said more than 240 million people are under winter warnings, watches and advisories. Much of the snow that was supposed to fall in the Midwest has come down and now it's time for the record-breaking cold. The mid-autumn taste of winter brought record single-digit temperatures to Chicago and environs; set snowfall records in Buffalo and Detroit; dusted cars with snow in Memphis, Tennessee; and froze lakes in Minnesota weeks earlier than usual. ☃️❄️

Venice was in the grip of 'apocalyptic destruction' today after the second-highest tide in the city's history flooded its historic basilica, brought misery to tourists and left many of its squares and alleyways deep underwater. St Mark's Square was submerged by more than three feet of water - so deep that one man even swam across it - while the adjacent St Mark's Basilica was flooded for just the sixth time in 1,200 years. Venice officials said the tide peaked at 6.14ft at 10.50pm, just short of the record 6.4ft set in 1966. One person, a man in his 70s, was electrocuted when water entered his home on the barrier island of Pellestrina. Another fatality was also reported elsewhere in the city. Today there was fury among shopkeepers over delays to a barrier protection system which could have prevented the disaster, a project which has been set back by rising costs and corruption scandals. 💦

(WARNING 21+) Police shot dead a man with a machete, China. 🔫👮🏻‍♂️ #shooting

Hong Kong protesters use bows and FLAMING ARROWS in clashes with police as spiralling violence in city centre enters third day. Protesters armed with bows and arrows launched their fiery projectiles on the Chinese University of Hong Kong campus this morning and set fire to a metro train nearby. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets in clashes which continued overnight and have prompted dozens of students to flee to mainland China. In Hong Kong's financial centre, protesters stepped up their 'blossom everywhere' campaign of road blocks and vandalism by shutting down roads and rail links for the third day running. Yesterday police said Hong Kong was on the 'brink of total breakdown' after a violent week in which a protester has been shot, a pregnant woman pepper-sprayed in the face. 🔥 #HK