A winter storm blanketed Texas and the northern Gulf Coast, closing schools and paralysing traffic. Animals at the Houston Zoo, on he other hand, had more fun. View on euronews ...

The United Nations Children's Fund says at least 242 million children in 85 countries had their schooling interrupted last year because of heatwaves, cyclones, flooding and other extreme weather.

Houston mother Ayana McClinton has been accused of child abuse. Officials say her sleeping babies were found on a sidewalk when temperatures were freezing.