In China, heavy snows in the northwestern Xinjiang region have killed four people and left 100,000 homes collapsed or damaged, with still more icy weather on the way. <br/><br/>State media on Monday says temperatures over the next few days could fall to as low as minus 42 degrees Celsius in parts of Xinjiang, with blizzards forecast. The China Daily newspaper said a harsh cold front that has gripped vast regions of northern China has already affected a total of 530,000 people in Xinjiang. <br/><br/>More than 100,000 houses have been flattened or damaged amid the heaviest snowstorms there in a decade, and 15,200 livestock have been killed from exposure to the cold or lack of food due to the massive snowfalls. It said more snow, rain and falling temperatures also will affect much of the rest of China this week.