Brutal winter weather is making dire conditions even more unbearable in parts of the Middle East, particularly for Syrian refugees who must endure frigid temperatures in tents.
The coldest air of the season is moving in behind a heavy snowstorm that has blanketed refugee camps in Turkey and Lebanon.
And inside Syria, residents in cities pummeled by warfare are taking drastic measures to stay warm -- and alive -- through the winter.
In a video posted online, three men and two children are burning pages of school books to stay warm in the besieged city of Rastan,
"We cant use the heaters inside our residences. No fuel, no wood, no electricity," one of the men says.
Rastan, a suburb of the dissident bastion Homs, has been choked off to basic supplies such as electricity, bread and water.
In the Syrian city of Busra, a video shows a man gathering snow in a bucket to save as drinking water.
"We don't have water, we don't have heat," the man syas. "We will try to make the snow into water because they cut off the water long ago."
CNN cannot independently confirm the authenticity of the videos. But they're the latest reports of how winter storms are pummeling residents across the region.
West Bank
More than 500 Palestinians have been injured and more than 400 homes submerged by floodwater this week when a storm pummeled the West Bank area, Palestinian media reported.
The deadly flooding also claimed the lives of two women who were in a taxi that got swept away, a Palestinian medical official said.
"All of a sudden floods started carrying the vehicle and sweeping it in the (path) of the fast-moving floods over in a valley," Dr. Ghassan Hamdan said.
Jordan
At a Syrian refugee camp in Amman, Jordan, temperatures plunged early Wednesday to 4 degrees Celsius (39 degrees Fahrenheit), with fierce winds expected to intensify over the day.
Torrential rain and increasing snowfall are paralyzing much of the country, and most government and public offices in Jordan will be closed Wednesday, the state-run Petra new agency said.
In the next three days, temperatures in Amman will drop below freezing, Petra said, citing the Jordan Meteorological Department.
Turkey
At the Atme refugee camp near the Turkish-Syrian border, a mother decries the latest setback to a family who has already endured a litany of violence.
"My husband was detained six months ago. The two uncles were killed. This child will die in my hands," she said, pointing to her injured son in a video posted online. "Why is this happening to us? Why (must) a child would die in front of his mother's eyes, and we cant do much."
Lebanon
More than 40 displaced Syrians in Bar Elias were trapped inside their tents Tuesday by rising floodwater from the Ghazeel River, Lebanon's National News Agency reported.
Authorities rescued those trapped and provided them with adequate housing, the NNA said.
Elsewhere in the country, the army evacuated residents trapped by torrential snowfall, according to the NNA.
