Mercury reaches minus 30C in many places as heavy snow falls across
continent

Source:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a7515351.html

Heavy snowfall and sub-zero temperatures have led to multiple deaths and
disrupted travel in countries across Europe.

At least 10 people have died of the cold in Poland in recent days,
officials said, with temperatures plummeting below minus 20C on Saturday.

In Belgium a man died after his lorry slid off a highway, while the
deaths of half a dozen homeless people in Italy have been blamed on
freezing conditions.
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Planes have been grounded and ferry services disrupted in several places
across the continent.

Heavy snow in Istanbul forced Turkish Airlines to cancel more than 650
flights. The Bosphorus Strait was also closed and ferries stopped
completely, according to the state-run Anadolu news agency.

Parts of southern Italy were reportedly buried beneath a metre of snow
and in Rome the fountains in St Peter's Square froze overnight.

It has also been the coldest Orthodox Christmas in Russia for 120 years,
with thermometers reading minus 30C overnight in Moscow, and minus 24C
in St Petersburg.

In Greece's second-largest city, Thessaloniki, temperatures fell to
minus 7C, and in Athens they reached 0C. Several Greek islands,
including Lesbos, experienced heavy snowfall.

In the former Olympic ski resort of Sarajevo, in Bosnia, many skiers
stayed away from the slopes as temperatures dipped to minus 27C, Sky
News reported.

In Switzerland, the lowest temperature in western Europe was recorded in
the village of La Brevine, which reached minus 29.9C on Friday.

The village also holds the record for the coldest-ever recorded
temperature in Switzerland, of minus 41.8C on 12 January, 1987.

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