Europe`s deadly cold snap maintains grip
Baku, December 3 (AZERTAC). Northern Europe remains in the grip of heavy snow and freezing temperatures, with more cold weather forecast for the weekend.
Dozens of people are reported to have been killed by exposure to the cold or in weather-related accidents.
The snow continues to disrupt transport networks but many airports are resuming a more normal service.
In the Balkans, heavy flooding has forced more than 1,000 people to evacuate their homes.
Temperatures in Poland have fallen to as low as -33C (-27F) in the past few days.
Another 12 people froze to death across Poland on Thursday night, according to police, bringing the total killed there during this cold snap to 30.
Police say many of the victims were homeless people.
Around 150,000 people in the Polish city of Czestochowa were reported to be without heating on Friday.
Officials in Slovakia said two people had died in snow-related car accidents, while neighboring Czech Republic also reported several casualties.
Cold weather has also claimed five lives this week in the Baltic state of Lithuania and there have been at least two deaths in Germany.
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