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KIEV (Reuters) - More than 60 people have died in a cold snap across Eastern Europe, authorities said on Tuesday, forcing some countries to call in the army to help secure food and medical supplies and set up emergency shelters for the homeless.
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Falling temperatures and heavy snowfalls across Eastern Europe leave at least 36 people dead and major power and transport problems.
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A mini ice-age has caused record low temperatures in Eastern Europe and rare heavy snow across the continent.
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More than 120 deaths linked to temperatures as low as -32.5C, while 11,000 villagers are trapped by snow in Serbian mountainsMore than 120 cold-related deaths have been reported across eastern Europe, many among homeless people, and at least 11,000 people are trapped by heavy snow in...(more)
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January has been an unusually violent month for tornadoes in the USA: 70 twisters have been reported. And more could be on the way.
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SOFIA (Reuters) - Heavy snowfall and strong winds across eastern Europe cut off hundreds of villages on Tuesday and rescue teams struggled to evacuate people in southern Bulgaria where rain and melting snow caused a dam wall to break, flooding an entire village.
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AP - Overwhelmed by record snow and harsh temperatures, Serbia and Bosnia closed down schools and struggled to continue public transport and garbage pick-up Monday, as authorities focused on trying to help thousands trapped in the region's remote mountain villages.
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Hundreds die in poor weather conditions across continent, with more than 120 reported dead in Ukraine aloneFreezing weather paralysed parts of central and southern Europe over the weekend, with Bosnia and Italy languishing under their heaviest snowfall for decades.After more than 200 people were killed in...(more)
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Reuters - Bitterly cold weather that has claimed hundreds of lives in eastern Europe swept westwards over the continent on Saturday, blanketing Rome's Colosseum with snow for the first time in three decades and disrupting air and rail traffic.
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• Snowfall of up to 15cm and temperatures down to -9C• Met Office issues amber weather warning• Heathrow cancels third of Sunday flightsHeavy snowfall is expected across much of Britain, prompting Heathrow to cancel around a third of Sunday's flights.An amber weather warning – the second-highest...(more)
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The big freeze continues across Wales, with overnight temperatures expected to have been the coldest of the winter so far and snow forecast for Saturday.
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A violent storm rushes across the south-eastern US early on Monday, killing at least two people and destroying 200 houses in the state of Alabama.