The intensity of the emergency varies by region.

ECONOMIST: The race to get food into Afghanistan before winter is on

An assessment of the impacts of climatic change in Latin America and the Caribbean supported by reliable data suggests that ??climate changes during the last century have included an increase in the surface medium temperature, particularly in medium and high latitudes, and changes in precipitation quantity and intensity in several countries of the Region (Southern Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina).

UNESCO: Climatic Change

The snowstorm sweeping through the region brought with it echoes of Superstorm Sandy, if not in intensity, in the dread of residents waiting to see what a new storm would bring.

WSJ: Sandy in back of Easterners' minds as snow falls