A CORK student struck down with testicular cancer 12 months ago defied all the odds to collect a prestigious college sports award yesterday.

SOME schools stayed closed yesterday and airlines struggled to catch up as the US north-east plowed out after the powerful weekend snowstorm that piled snow nearly four feet deep in places.

North-eastern Americans climbed through snowdrifts and navigated icy streets and pavements as they dug out from a weekend storm that dumped more than two feet of snow in some places.