London (daewsilynewyorkn) – freezing temperatures, Eastern Europe continued to retain possession Wednesday, killing 31 people in Ukraine so far, emergency officials said.
For several days the weather was unusually cold and snow have criticized Eastern Europe and other parts of central Europe and western Turkey.
Brandon Miller said that the heart of the cold air even more concentrated in Europe on Wednesday, including Russia, Romania, Belarus and Poland and Ukraine, with temperatures generally below a few degrees on Wednesday, the day before.
The Romanian capital, Bucharest, saw a little of -23 degrees Celsius (-9.4 degrees Fahrenheit) early Wednesday morning, compared to an average low of -4 degrees Celsius (25 degrees Fahrenheit) at the time of the year.
The capital of Ukraine, Kiev, shivering at -22 degrees Celsius (-7.6 Fahrenheit), with the mercury expected to fall to -31 degrees Celsius (-23.8 ° F) at night.
Most of the dead in Ukraine have been left homeless, but some people have been killed in their homes, the ministry said the country emergencies.
The death toll has risen sharply over the past two days, the ministry said. Nearly 700 people were hospitalized with injuries related to frostbite.
In several regions of Ukraine, including Kiev, the entire housing complexes were left without electricity or heating due to power outages. Schools are likely to close on Thursday as temperatures should drop below -24 degrees Celsius (-11.2 degrees Fahrenheit), authorities said.
The Emergencies Ministry is doing everything possible to fight against time and in 1600 established warming centers across the country to help people without electricity or heating, said.
Temperatures could fall this weekend at -30 degrees Celsius (-22 degrees Fahrenheit) during the day, the ministry said.
The Ministry of Health said that most deaths occurred in eastern Ukraine, Donetsk city and neighboring towns and villages.
In Poland, five people died overnight, bringing the total death toll to 15 since the weather ice wrapped Friday, the site of the new Polish public radio reported Wednesday. Most of the dead were homeless.
Moreover, the weather was blamed for the sinking of a freighter carrying scrap metal in the Black Sea coast of Turkey on Tuesday night.
Divers, helicopters and Coast Guard boats were scrambled in an effort to find eight missing crew of the ship Cambodian Vera scored.
In the largest city of Istanbul, Turkey, the city has mobilized nearly 2,600 people and over 870 vehicles to try and keep roads open as snow reached depths of up to 38 centimeters (1.2 feet) .
The unusual snowfall forced the cancellation and delayed dozens of flights, visibility was often reduced to less than 50 meters (164 feet) by mid-morning Wednesday.
Istanbul has also suspended its high-speed bus sea, where ferries passengers up and down the Bosphorus Strait and extends to the Marmara Sea.
According to the website of the City of Istanbul, at least 378 homeless people were taken to shelters and hotels to escape the freezing temperature.
A man died when he fell into a pit which was covered with snow at times after his picture taken in the snow of the recording, the mayor’s office said.
More snow and cold is expected in Edirne to Istanbul Thursday, with the big snow storms are expected in the Marmara region. Cold Turkey is expected to decrease pressure on Friday.
The cold air also pushed west on Wednesday in Paris with a dip to -5 degrees Celsius (23 degrees F). The French capital can not exceed the freezing point until the middle of next week, Miller said.
In Italy, several professional football games were canceled or postponed because of the cold, according to the Italian agency ANSA news.
A weather-related death of a years trapped in a car driven by a ravine, was reported in Syracuse, Sicily, the news agency.
The cold does not loosen its grip on most of continental Europe until next week, Miller said that while some parts of southeastern Europe and the Balkans could see temperatures begin to moderate the Friday due to a low pressure system moving from the Mediterranean Sea.
This system was also relieved of snow in the Balkans, reflecting the recent snow storm, which marked the beginning of the explosion of the cold for many locations in southern Europe.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/01/world/europe/europe-cold-snap/index.html?hpt=ieu_c1
