Record cold in Europe causes more than 80 people to die from the cold

Europe is suffering from extremely harsh weather as temperatures in many countries have dropped to their lowest levels in years, causing the death toll from the cold to reach more than 80 people, while many traffic routes have stopped operating due to heavy snowfall.

In Eastern and Central Europe, at least 28 people have frozen to death, while countries in Southern and Western Europe have also begun to feel the chill from winds blowing down from Siberia.

In Poland, five people froze to death overnight on January 31, bringing the total number of deaths to 20 since the cold began to grip the country on Friday. The victims were mostly homeless, including four men aged between 29 and 61.

A person walks in the cold as the temperature drops to minus 20 degrees Celsius in Kiev,Ukraine(Source: CNN)

In some areas of Poland, temperatures have dropped to minus 30 degrees Celsius.

In Slovakia, two people died when temperatures dropped to minus 24 degrees Celsius. In the Czech Republic, a 47-year-old homeless man also froze to death in the city of Karrvina when the outside temperature was minus 29 degrees Celsius. In Romania, six people died in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths in the past six days to 14.

InItalyHeavy snowfall has caused traffic chaos in cities likeBolognaandMilan. Currently, trucks are banned from operating in areas such asMarche,TuscanyandUmbria.

Bad weather has halted all search and rescue operations related to the Costa Concordia, while weather forecasters say temperatures in Italy will drop further in the coming days.

In France, temperatures in some areas have also dropped below 0 degrees Celsius. Meanwhile, authorities in Switzerland, Belgium and Germany have now provided homeless people in these countries with warm blankets to cope with the cold./.

According to Vietnam+