19-05-2024 04:42 PM Jerusalem Timing

Mild Winter Claims Lives in Europe

Mild Winter Claims Lives in Europe

Europe had been shivered in record-low temperatures pushing the death toll from Arctic conditions to at least 89 people

Europe had been shivered in record-low temperatures pushing the death toll from Arctic conditions to at least 89 people on Wednesday what forced countries to clear snow from roads and railways.

Europe had enjoyed a relatively mild winter up until last weekend in some of the coldest temperatures seen in decades. At least 28 people froze to death overnight in eastern and central Europe, while countries further west and south began to feel the effects of a cold front spreading from Siberia.

In the meantime, Russian gas provider Gazprom warned over supplies to Europe, Reuters news agency reported.

According to AFP, snow hit several European countries and made most people become homeless.

Italy struggled to clear motorways and railways after heavy falls, and the French Mediterranean island of Corsica.
In Ukraine, officials said 13 people had died of hypothermia over the past 24 hours, bringing the overall toll there to 43 over the past six days.
Poland reported five people found dead overnight, bringing the overall toll to 20 since temperatures plummeted there on Friday. The victims, most of whom had been homeless, were four men aged 29 to 61 and an 83-year-old woman.
In Slovakia, two people died as temperatures hit minus 24C, the daily newspaper SME reported.
And in the neighbouring Czech Republic a 47-year-old homeless man was found frozen to death in the eastern city of Karvina, where the mercury has dropped to minus 29 Celsius (minus 20F).
In Romania, six people died over the past 24 hours, bringing the toll to 14 over the past six days, the health ministry announced.
In Bulgaria, two people died in the coldest weather in a century in some parts of the country, bringing the overall toll to 10, weather officials and media said on Wednesday.