Bitter cold claims more lives across Europe as temperatures plummet
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February 7, 2012, Tuesday
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EUROPE'S bitterly cold weather claimed another 35 lives yesterday.
In southern Bulgaria eight people died when melting snow caused a dam to burst after days of heavy rain and flood an entire village.
Four people drowned and more than 50 were evacuated, the Interior Ministry said. Four more people died when their cars were swept away by high waters.
"There are demolished houses and people in distress," the ministry said in a statement.
Bulgaria warned neighboring Greece and Turkey that two other dams were expected to overflow.
Gas supplies to the European Union from Russia improved at the weekend but have not fully recovered, the European Commission said, as Italy convened a crisis committee to handle what it called critical shortages of Russian gas.
The cold snap has killed hundreds of people in Europe.
Nine died over the past 24 hours in Poland, bringing the total to 62 since the end of January.
Temperatures fell to minus 24 Celsius at night in northeastern parts of the country.
In Croatia's Dalmatia region, more than 100 villages were cut off by snow in the hinterland of the Adriatic coast, the emergency service center said, and more snow was forecast.
Rescuers reached some of the Dalmatian villages on Sunday.
In one village, a woman gave birth in her house with the help of a neighbor, while a midwife gave instructions by phone.
"The baby girl is fine and beautiful and I'll probably name her Snow White, given the circumstances," the mother, Marta Glavota, told reporters.
Ten people have died in Serbia so far, Montenegro reported its second death and Croatia said four people had died.
In Serbia, where 11,000 people remain cut off and a state of emergency has been declared, temperatures were forecast to stay below zero until mid-February.
Bosnia was paralyzed for the fourth day with snow blocking cities. Helicopters were delivering baby food and aid packages to isolated villages.
Bosnia recorded its eighth victim yesterday after an 87-year-old woman died of hypothermia.
In the Czech Republic, temperatures of minus 39.4 degrees Celsius were recorded in the southwest along the German border.
Meteorologists expect temperatures to fall further. At least 20 people have died in the Czech Republic, after two homeless people were reported dead overnight.
In southern Bulgaria eight people died when melting snow caused a dam to burst after days of heavy rain and flood an entire village.
Four people drowned and more than 50 were evacuated, the Interior Ministry said. Four more people died when their cars were swept away by high waters.
"There are demolished houses and people in distress," the ministry said in a statement.
Bulgaria warned neighboring Greece and Turkey that two other dams were expected to overflow.
Gas supplies to the European Union from Russia improved at the weekend but have not fully recovered, the European Commission said, as Italy convened a crisis committee to handle what it called critical shortages of Russian gas.
The cold snap has killed hundreds of people in Europe.
Nine died over the past 24 hours in Poland, bringing the total to 62 since the end of January.
Temperatures fell to minus 24 Celsius at night in northeastern parts of the country.
In Croatia's Dalmatia region, more than 100 villages were cut off by snow in the hinterland of the Adriatic coast, the emergency service center said, and more snow was forecast.
Rescuers reached some of the Dalmatian villages on Sunday.
In one village, a woman gave birth in her house with the help of a neighbor, while a midwife gave instructions by phone.
"The baby girl is fine and beautiful and I'll probably name her Snow White, given the circumstances," the mother, Marta Glavota, told reporters.
Ten people have died in Serbia so far, Montenegro reported its second death and Croatia said four people had died.
In Serbia, where 11,000 people remain cut off and a state of emergency has been declared, temperatures were forecast to stay below zero until mid-February.
Bosnia was paralyzed for the fourth day with snow blocking cities. Helicopters were delivering baby food and aid packages to isolated villages.
Bosnia recorded its eighth victim yesterday after an 87-year-old woman died of hypothermia.
In the Czech Republic, temperatures of minus 39.4 degrees Celsius were recorded in the southwest along the German border.
Meteorologists expect temperatures to fall further. At least 20 people have died in the Czech Republic, after two homeless people were reported dead overnight.
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