• MSN
  • Hotmail
  • More
    • Autos
    • My MSN
    • Video
    • Careers & Jobs
    • Personals
    • Weather
    • Delish
    • Quotes
    • White Pages
    • Games
    • Real Estate
    • Wonderwall
    • Horoscopes
    • Shopping
    • Yellow Pages
    • Local Edition
    • Traffic
    • Feedback
    • Maps & Directions
    • Travel
    • Full MSN Index
  • Bing
  • NBCNews.com
  • TODAY
  • Nightly News
  • Rock Center
  • Meet the Press
  • Dateline
  • msnbc
  • Breaking News
  • Newsvine
  • Home
  • US
  • World
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Tech
  • Science
  • Travel
  • Local
  • Weather
Advertise | AdChoices
  • Recommended: Brazil officials reverse subway, bus fare hike
  • Recommended: Kerry calls Afghanistan's Karzai to ease anger over Taliban office
  • Recommended: Fashion designers Dolce and Gabbana guilty of tax evasion in Italy
  • Recommended: Alleged child rapist nabbed hours after being added to FBI's 'Most Wanted' list

First for breaking news and analysis: Compelling world news stories from NBC News journalists. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

  • ↓ About this blog
  • ↓ Archives
    • Icons Email E-mail updates
    • Icons Twitter Follow on Twitter
    • Icons Feed Subscribe to RSS
  • 30
    Jan
    2012
    11:30pm, EST

    Winter cold snap kills dozens in eastern Europe

    Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP - Getty Images

    A man walks as the sun rises behind chimneys of a thermal power station in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Jan. 31, 2012. Record low temperatures were registered around Bulgaria Tuesday, as the mercury continued to drop, threatening shipping on the Danube and closing hundreds of schools.

    Yuriy Dyachyshyn / AFP - Getty Images

    A girl looks out from a bus window covered with frost on Jan. 30, 2012 as temperatures reached -15 degrees Celcius in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv.

    Vassil Donev / EPA

    A woman walks during a frosty early morning in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Jan. 31, 2012. Many parts of the country are experiencing temperatures of minus 21 degrees Celcius.

    Maurizio Gambarini / EPA

    An employee of the Red Cross talks to a homeless person spending the night outside in Berlin, Germany, on Jan. 30, 2012. The cold weather creates a situation where shelters cannot accommodate everyone looking for a roof for the night. On the night of Jan. 29, 467 people sought shelter but only 315 places were available.

    Murad Sezer / Reuters

    A man walks in the snow covered Sultanahmet square with the Blue Mosque in the background, in Istanbul, Turkey, on Jan. 31, 2012.

     

    AP reporting from BELGRADE, Serbia -- Officials have appealed to people to stay indoors and be careful. Police searched for the homeless to make sure they didn't freeze to death. In some places, heaters will be set up at bus stations.

    Still, 18 people, most of them homeless, died in Ukraine from hypothermia and nearly 500 people sought medical help for frostbite and hypothermia in just three days last week, the Emergency Situations Ministry said. Read more.

    Follow @msnbc_pictures

    25 comments

    I live in Chicago and it's the warmest winter in 78 years. We've only had one storm which dropped 6-8 inches. Calling for almost 60 today at the end of January. The world is changing.

    Show more
    Explore related topics: weather, europe, winter, snow, cold, world-news, winter-freeze

Browse

  • featured,
  • featured,
  • world-news,
  • world-news,
  • syria,
  • syria,
  • china,
  • china,
  • europe,
  • europe,
  • afghanistan,
  • afghanistan,
  • world,
  • world,
  • middle-east,
  • middle-east,
  • israel,
  • israel,
  • updated,
  • updated,
  • iran,
  • iran,
  • pakistan,
  • pakistan,
  • egypt,
  • egypt,
  • russia,
  • russia,
  • uk,
  • uk,
  • north-korea,
  • north-korea,
  • london,
  • london,
  • africa,
  • africa,
  • military,
  • military,
  • assad,
  • assad,
  • protest,
  • protest,
  • france,
  • france,
  • environment,
  • environment,
  • al-qaida,
  • al-qaida,
  • taliban,
  • taliban,
  • britain,
  • britain,
  • nuclear,
  • nuclear,
  • italy,
  • italy,
  • india,
  • india,
  • terrorism,
  • terrorism,
  • germany,
  • germany,
  • asia,
  • asia,
  • japan,
  • japan,
  • vatican,
  • vatican,
  • south-africa,
  • south-africa,
  • mexico,
  • mexico,
  • economy,
  • economy,
  • turkey,
  • turkey,
  • human-rights,
  • human-rights,
  • crime,
  • crime,
  • pope,
  • pope
Also
Advertise | AdChoices

Archives

  • 2013
    • June (190)
    • May (258)
    • April (275)
    • March (432)
    • February (332)
    • January (323)
  • 2012
    • December (332)
    • November (332)
    • October (313)
    • September (360)
    • August (362)
    • July (310)
    • June (351)
    • May (427)
    • April (404)
    • March (427)
    • February (347)
    • January (284)
  • 2011
    • December (357)
    • November (3)

Most Commented

  • US offers Syrian rebels 'military support,' alleges Assad used chemical weapons (1745)
  • 98-year-old charged with 'unlawful execution, torture' of Jews during World War II (1005)
  • Kerry calls Afghanistan's Karzai to ease anger over Taliban office (820)
  • Obama announces extra $300 million in aid for Syrians, refugees (701)
  • Obama and Putin cite differences on Syria but say they want violence to end (788)
  • US, Taliban to meet in Qatar for 'key milestone' toward ending Afghanistan war (735)
  • US military officials say help for Syria likely to escalate gradually (360)

Other blogs

  • Cosmic Log
  • Red Tape Chronicles
  • PhotoBlog
  • US News
  • Open Channel

NBCNews.com top stories

3147,10
© 2013 NBCNews.com
  • World news on NBCNews.com
  • About us
  • Contact
  • Help
  • Site map
  • Careers
  • Closed captioning
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy policy
  • Advertise