Europe shivers under heavy snowfall | |||
Plunging temperatures and heavy snows have caused the deaths of at least 80 people across Europe. Grazyna Puchalskam, Poland's national police spokeswoman, said on Monday: "Six people died on Friday, 15 on Saturday and 21 on Sunday". The deaths brought the country's death toll since the start of December to 69. Police and municipal employees have stepped up patrols of areas where the homeless are known to gather, notably public parks and allotments, to try to persuade them to head to special hostels. Ukraine reported 27 deaths, while six people were killed in accidents in Germany and three in Austria. "RTE has put in place a programme of controlled load-shedding in order to avoid a complete black-out in the region," an RTE spokesman said, referring to the Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur region. The country was forced to import power earlier than normal this winter and has warned that cold weather could force cuts because of near record consumption and delays to maintenance in its network of nuclear power stations. |
Monday, December 21, 2009
Europe shivers under heavy snowfall
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