Central America on alert as Tropical Storm Cristina approaches

This handout image released by the Gastonia Police Department shows a semi-truck struck by a freight train at the intersection of Poplar Street and Airline Avenue in Gastonia, north of downtown Charlotte, North Carolina on January 31, 2026 amid a winter snowstorm affecting the region. A powerful snow storm bore down Saturday January 31 on southern states as icy weather that has left more than 100 dead across a swath of the United States intensified in regions not used to subzero conditions. Heavy snows were falling Saturday morning in North Carolina and neighboring states, as authorities urged residents to stay off the roads and warned oceanfront structures were threatened by the storm. (Photo by Gastonia Police Department / AFP)

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