EUROPE Freezing, News, Feb 03, 2012

As death toll from European freeze rises to 175, precautions taken to protect ... Washington Post KIEV, Ukraine — Russia and Ukraine both took extra precautions on Friday to protect homeless people, ordering new facilities and medical care after scores of people have frozen to death on the streets of Europe during a brutal cold snap. See all stories on this topic »

Romania rescues children as Europe's freeze deepens Reuters In Romania, 80 percent of the Danube river was frozen over stopping ships sailing to the Black Sea, but the biggest concern was for children in theEuropean Union's second poorest country. Child protection officers in the city of Iasi took three girls ... See all stories on this topic »

Cold weather kills more than 220 in Europe; Danube freezes over; France set to ... National Post KIEV — Temperatures fell to record lows across Europe as a week-long cold snap continues, claiming more than 220 lives with forecasters warned that the big freeze would tighten its grip at the weekend. In the southwest Czech Republic, mercury fell to ... See all stories on this topic » National Post

Death toll from big freeze in Europe reaches 122 in a week Scotsman People walk on frozen Black Sea waters beside an ice covered dam near Bucharest. Picture: AFP THE death toll from the bigfreeze that has hit much of continental Europe this week rose to 122 yesterday. In Serbia, at least 11000 villagers remained ... See all stories on this topic » Scotsman

Snow warning: Weekend travel chaos looms with big freeze sweeping across UK Daily Mail Last night temperatures in the UK plunged to minus 11C, after forecasters yesterday issued a nationwide cold weather alert. Don't slip! Mr Campbell makes his way for a closer look at thefrozen cataract, which turned to ice as temperatures across the ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

Europe freezes in cold winter weather The Guardian More than 120 cold-related deaths have been reported across eastern Europe, many among homeless people, and at least 11000 people are trapped by heavy snow in mountain villages in Serbia. Dr Milorad Dramacanin, who took part in helicopter evacuations ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Europe freeze kills 89, fears rise over Russian gas Reuters At least 139 people have died across Eastern Europe and Germany since the cold snap began, interrupting what had been an unusually mildEuropean winter. In the Hungarian village of Farkaslyuk, people clambered up a 30-metre spoil heap from a disused ... See all stories on this topic »

Worse on the way for frozen Europe Adelaide Now Picture: AP Source: AP Europe's cold snap has claimed 164 lives, as countries from Ukraine to Italy struggle with record lows. Entire villages were cut off in parts of eastern Europe yesterday, trapping thousands, while road, air and rail links were ... See all stories on this topic »

Recommended: Extreme cold weather in Ukraine causes 101 deaths msnbc.com (blog) More than 1200 people were treated for cold-related injuries, the Ukraine Ministry of Emergency Situations reported. Freezing cold and snowstorms over Eastern and Central Europe on Friday caused more deaths and disrupted traffic and energy supplies ... See all stories on this topic »

Eastern Europe Winter Weather: Another 38 Died In Ukraine AsFreeze Continues Sky News Schools and colleges have been closed and hospitals have been told not to discharge homeless patients once they have been treated to save them from the cold. Across EasternEurope, more than 120 people are believed to have died as the harshest winter ... See all stories on this topic » Sky News

Serbia Frozen: Arctic Blast Blamed for Six Deaths ABC News (blog) An arctic freeze has been blamed for six deaths in thisEuropean nation, while record snow has left 11500 people trapped in about 6500 households in remote villages. Many schools are closed, with hospitals facing an influx of hypothermia, ... See all stories on this topic » ABC News (blog)

Europe cold snap claims 160 lives ABC Online A cold snap is keeping Europe in its icy grip, pushing the death toll to 160 as countries from Italy to Ukraine struggle to cope with temperatures that have plunged to record lows in some places. In Ukraine, tens of thousands of people have headed to ... See all stories on this topic »

Capturing the world through photography, video and multimedia Los Angeles Times Lembruch, Germany — Frozen lake water offers gleaming surface travel in Lembruch. Severe cold has killed more than 100 people across Europe, where temperatures have in some areas plummeted to below minus 35 degrees Celsius. See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times

World in Pictures: Birmingham braced for snow in big freeze 2012 Birmingham Mail TEMPERATURES plunged to minus 11C today as Britain shivered in bitterlycold conditions ahead of a spell of snow this weekend. Birmingham and the rest of the Midlands are braced for possible snow on Saturday afternoon. Across Europe, there are severely ... See all stories on this topic »

Winter keeps Europe in deadly grasp UPI.com Negative temperature readings were reported across European capitals from France to Greece. More freezing weather was expected in Ukraine, where more than 100 people have died since the cold snap began last week, the BBC reported. See all stories on this topic »

Eastern Europe shudders under icy onslaught USA TODAY "People seem to be staying at home, not only because it is socold, but also because most of our cars stopped working," she said. The harsh weather has closed thousands of schools and roads, shut down ports, delayed flights and frozen ATMs. See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

Villagers scramble for fuel in Europe's big chill Reuters At least 139 people have died across Eastern Europe and Germany since the cold snap began, interrupting what had been an unusually mildEuropean winter. In the Hungarian village of Farkaslyuk, people clambered up a 30-metre spoil heap from a disused ... See all stories on this topic »

Europe's unrelenting deep freeze: By the numbers The Week Magazine A view of the frozen River Dnieper in Kiev: A week-long coldstreak has killed approximately 100 people in the Ukraine, and sent more than 1000 to hospitals. Photo: REUTERS/Gleb Garanich While many parts of North America enjoy an unusually balmy winter ... See all stories on this topic » The Week Magazine

11000 Serbian villagers trapped by heavy snow and blizzards DigitalJournal.com Europe has in the past week been experiencing a "deep freeze," with the death toll in Eastern Europe having risen to 122. Globe and Mail reports about 6500 Serbian homes have been cut off from contact with the outside world, and emergency workers are ... See all stories on this topic »

Death Toll Climbs as Europe's Big Freeze Continues (PHOTOS) IBTimes.co.uk By Monami Thakur: Subscribe to Monami Thakur's RSS feedEurope's death toll has climbed to 120 as vicious winter weather sweeps across the continent pushing temperatures in some area to -33C. Parts of the Black Sea were reported to have frozen over, ... See all stories on this topic » IBTimes.co.uk

'Cooper' weather in Europe leaves BMW in the cold Sydney Morning Herald But the car company BMW has been caught out after buying the naming rights to the cold snap in which more than 160 people have frozen to death across Europe. For just €299 ($A370), the company bought the rights to the third high-pressure front of the ... See all stories on this topic » Sydney Morning Herald

Another cold night for UK as temperatures plunge BBC News Two race meetings - at Sandown Park and Wetherby - have also been called off due to frozen tracks. The AA says it has been receiving 1800 calls an hour from motorists. Snow is forecast for much of the country on Saturday, with central and eastern parts ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Deep freeze hits Poland's hardy lake swimmers AFP WARSAW — Hardy fans of swimming in the frozen lakes of northern Poland have decided to call off a mass outing this weekend due to the vicious cold snap gripping the country, organisers said Friday. "In the interests of our participants' security, ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

Where's the snow? Not in Lower 48, but elsewhere Crookston Daily Times January has been the ninth snowiest since 1966 for Europe and Asia, though for the entire northern hemisphere, it's been about average for snow this season. The weather is so cold that some areas of the Black Sea havefrozen near the Romanian coastline ... See all stories on this topic »

Over 60 people die in cold spell in Russia in January Focus News Freezing temperatures killed nine more people in Poland in the last 24 hours, bringing the overall toll to 29 since the cold snap began a week ago, police said on Thursday, cited by AFP. Temperatures plunged to minus 32 Celsius (minus 25.6 Fahrenheit) ... See all stories on this topic »

Brrrritain shivers in -11°C freeze The Sun By NEIL MILLARD TUMBLING temperatures reached -11°C today as Brits braced themselves for a cold snap that will see snow, ice and freezing rain this weekend. The huge drop in temperature was felt in chilly Chesham, Bucks, at 5am this morning. See all stories on this topic » The Sun

Rare Rome snowstorm closes Colosseum News24 Meanwhile the death toll from the cold snap across Europe has gone past 220 with forecasters warning that the big freeze would tighten its grip at the weekend, say reports. In the last seven days, a total of 222 people have died from the cold weather, ... See all stories on this topic »

Enraged Mob of Frozen Americans Kill Groundhog After Extended Winter Prediction Evening Transcript (satire) (Bennington Vale Evening Transcript) -- According to the 2012 Farmers' Almanac, which called its annual forecast "clime and punishment," this winter will see unusually cold and stormy conditions. For some regions of the country, frigid climates will be ... See all stories on this topic »

Snow traps 11000 in Serbia Castanet.net (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) At least 11000 villagers have been trapped by heavy snow and blizzards in Serbia's mountains, authorities said, as the death toll from Eastern Europe's week long deep freeze rose to 123, many of them homeless people. See all stories on this topic » Castanet.net

Rome blanketed in snow as Europe freezes HULIQ After it ended there was slush in the streets and a total accumulation of less than two inches of the frozen stuff. But, that was enough to provide rare photos for anyone in the area of the Roman Coliseum. Visitors were kept away from the ancient arena ... See all stories on this topic » HULIQ

More than 120 die as eastern Europe bears brunt of cold spell euronews Freezing weather continues to grip Europe, with countries in the eastern part of the continent hit especially hard, causing more than 120 deaths. Snow has stranded 11000 villagers and killed six in Serbia's mountains regions. See all stories on this topic » euronews

160 dead as cold snap grips Europe Montreal Gazette WARSAW - A cold snap kept Europe in its icy grip on Thursday, pushing the death toll to 160 as countries from Italy to Ukraine struggled to cope with temperatures that plunged to record lows in some places. Nine more people died in Poland overnight as ... See all stories on this topic »

Death toll to 200 in Europe's big chill Ninemsn Temperatures have plunged to new lows in Europe, where a week-longcold snap has now killed more than 200 people as forecasters warned that the big freeze would tighten its grip at the weekend. In the Czech Republic, the mercury dropped to as low as ... See all stories on this topic »

Debt crisis: live Telegraph.co.uk 18.28 José Manuel Barroso, the EC president, has said there is a crisis of confidence in Europe. He told a conference in Lisbon that the case of Greece is unique and exceptional and that there are no miracles to solve the continent's debt crisis. See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

World News - Europe tries to shield homeless from deep freeze By msnbc.com news services KIEV, Ukraine – Russia and Ukraine took extra precautions on Friday to protect homeless people during a brutal cold snap, ordering new facilities and medical care after scores of people have frozen to death on the streets of Europe. As the ... Newsvine - World News - Articles

222 dead as cold snap grips Europe - World News - SINA English By SINA.com Temperatures plunged to new lows in Europe where a week-long cold snap has now claimed more than 220 lives and forecasters warned that the bigfreeze would tighten its grip at the weekend. In the southwest Czech Republic, the mercury ... English headline news from SINA.com

Europe tries to shield homeless from deep freeze Young couple enjoys a cold afternoon ice skating on a frozen pond in Prague, ... have frozen to death on the streets of Europe during a brutalcold snap. www.boston.com/.../38_more_dead_in_ukraine_cold_spell/

Frozen Europe: Cold Weather Sweeps Across Continent Frozen Europe: Cold Weather Sweeps Across Continent ... Winter has breathed across much of Europe and citizens are struggling in the freezingtemperatures. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/.../cold-weather-europe-romania-fr...

Europe tries to shield homeless from deep freeze Photo: Sergei Chuzavkov / AP A boat makes its way on the frozen river Spree in ... A cold spell holds most of Europe in its icy grip, in the Netherlands ... www.seattlepi.com/.../38-more-dead-in-Ukraine-cold-spell-29...

Europe freezes as deadly cold spreads west More than 80 people have died in a severe cold snap in Europe, most in Ukraine. ... Twenty-one of those victims were homeless, found frozen on the streets. www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15706708,00.html

European cold snap death toll leaps to 175 - World - CBC News Hypothermia: a killing cold · PHOTOS | Europe's deep freeze ... people, scores of whom have frozen to death on the streets of Europe during its brutal cold snap. www.cbc.ca/news/world/.../europe-cold-freeze-deaths.html

The Big Freeze >> TotallyCoolPix Cold. The Big Freeze. A snow plough clears the frozen Lake Weissensee to ... The cold snap which has gripped Europe and killed 60 people in the east is set to ... totallycoolpix.com/2012/02/the-big-freeze/

Russia and Ukraine try to protect homeless from freezing weather ... The weeklong freezing weather has been one of Eastern Europe's worst in decades, causing power outages, frozen water pipes and closure of schools, airports ... www.globalpost.com/.../russia-and-ukraine-try-protect-homele...

More lives lost in freezing Europe as cold spreads west | MOLE.my More lives lost in freezing Europe as cold spreads west ... At least 28 people froze to death overnight in eastern and central Europe, while countries further west ... mole.my/.../more-lives-lost-freezing-europe-cold-spreads-west

More deaths amid Europe's big freeze - CNN.com A cold snap kept Europe in its icy grip, pushing the death toll past 150 as ...Pedal -boats and canoes sit in frozen water in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday. www.cnn.com/2012/02/02/world/europe/europe.../index.html

  

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