Blizzards and dangerously low temperatures have left villages cut off, caused power and water outages, frozen rivers and lakes, grounded flights, cancelled trains, delayed ferries and closed roads.
Serbian authorities banned river traffic on its stretch of the Danube — one of Europe’s main rivers — because of ice and strong winds.
Heavy snow crippled Istanbul, where one of the main highways resembled a parking lot after drivers deserted their cars.
In Italy, snow fell on the earthquake-devastated towns of Norcia and Amatrice, and in Rome the fountains in St. Peter’s Square froze overnight and dripped icicles instead.At least
23 people have died of the cold
in the past days.
Julián Miglierini on Twitter: “Drone footage of ruins of the historic centre of #Amatrice – devastated by August earthquake – covered in snow overnight – via @emergenzavvf pic.twitter.com/7LJrBEBJEg / Twitter”
Drone footage of ruins of the historic centre of #Amatrice – devastated by August earthquake – covered in snow overnight – via @emergenzavvf pic.twitter.com/7LJrBEBJEg