RESIDENTS of north-eastern Australia fled or battened down the hatches today as the worst cyclone in three decades headed toward the region's island resorts and coastal communities.
WINTER weather caused chaos on one of Scotland's busiest motorways yesterday, after 30 vehicles were involved in a crash during the morning rush hour, closing the road for nearly three hours.
A SUDDEN snow storm paralysed roads across the region today as a 30 car pile-up closed the M8 and drivers abandoned their cars at the road-side in Edinburgh.