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Europeans struggle under record cold snap
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Overwhelmed by deep snow and harsh temperatures, some countries in Europe closed down schools and struggled to run public transport Monday, as post-snow rains caused a dam to collapse in Bulgaria, flooding a village and killing at least four.
Another four people were killed by floods in southern Bulgaria, and 10 people are missing, authorities said.
Europeans across the continent were digging out from heavy snow after a week of bitter cold in which the number of dead — most of them homeless — continued to rise by the day.
Temperatures have fallen as low as minus 33 Fahrenheit (minus 36 Celsius) in Ukraine, the hardest-hit country.
The big freeze has caused traffic chaos throughout Europe, blocking roads, shutting down airports, and trapping thousands in remote mountain villages in the Balkans.The Serbian government late on Sunday declared an emergency situation, saying the intense snowfall has jeopardized normal functioning. Emergency officials said that 70,000 people were cut off by the heavy snow.
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Conservationists accidentally kill a rhino, blame it on poaching.
Anyone see any parallels?
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In 1979 we had a month of temperatures of -25 deg F, down to -31 several times, at night and not above 0 deg F for an entire month. It’s Iowa, with 4 seasons, Winter, Winter, Summer, Winter. Nobody died, though, as we had adapted. Our biggest danger was anhydrous ammonia spills in the Spring when farmers were fertilizing their fields.