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WORLD NEWS Saturday 7 January 2017
Blizzards, icy weather grip parts of Europe

ALISON MUTLER scheduled for Saturday af-
Associated Press ter heavy snow, icy condi-
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) tions and strong winds were
— Blizzards swept parts of forecast for Istanbul.
Europe on Friday, causing Bulgarian authorities said
at least nine deaths, clos- some 650 villages across
ing roads and resulting in the country were with-
traffic accidents, travel de- out electricity due to high
lays and medical evacua- winds and heavy snow.
tions. Emergency officials res-
In Poland, the cold snap cued snowed-in residents in
was blamed for five deaths villages in northern Albania,
in 24 hours. Three people where up to 120 centime-
died from hypothermia, ters (47 inches) of snow fell,
while two more died from leading to power outages.
carbon monoxide poison- The temperatures dipped
ing caused by malfunction- below freezing even along
ing heaters, the govern- Croatia’s Adriatic coast,
ment Security Center said. where winds up to 160 kph
Officials in neighboring (100 mph) halted some fer-
Ukraine reported that four ry traffic to the islands and
people had died from ef- over the bridges along the
fects of the cold in the Lviv A woman clears the street from snow with a shovel in Saulburg, Germany, Thursday Jan. 5, 2017. coastline.
region near the Polish bor- Associated Press In Poland, where tempera-
der. ease off late Friday. cis’ blessing in St. Peter’s jured in a pileup caused by tures dropped to minus 25
In Romania, authorities said Snowfall and heavy winds Square. the wintry weather on the degrees Celsius (minus 13 F)
90 people were rescued closed roads and some The fierce cold coincided outskirts of the southern city early Friday in the southern
from stranded cars and train services in central It- with Orthodox Christmas of Nis. mountainous region, winds
that crews were working to aly, pounded areas hit by Eve, when Russian church- Local official Dragan whipped up to 90 kph (56
save people stuck in some recent earthquakes and es are usually packed. The Dimitrijevic said emer- mph), and more than 2,000
30 cars on a major high- forced the cancellation of Moscow city transport de- gency crews were “help- households were without
way. More than 40 trains some ferry crossings to is- partment said it was de- less against the wind” and heating in the southern
were not running due to lands off Naples and Sicily. ploying 130 buses to stand snow drifts that piled up to Rybnik area.
snow on the tracks. Even Naples itself got a rare outside churches as warm- two meters (6.6-feet) high. In Moscow, the Emergen-
Senior emergency situa- dusting of snow. ing stations for worshippers, “New piles form almost im- cies Ministry warned the
tions official Raed Arafat The frigid temperatures the Interfax news agency mediately after we clear temperature could plum-
said Romanian authorities canceled many Epiphany said. up,” he said. met to minus 35C (minus 31
also evacuated 622 peo- festivities, though about Serbia’s state television Turkish Airlines canceled F) over the weekend and
ple who needed dialysis 35,000 people braved the reported that 22 people, 192 domestic and inter- urged people not to stay
and 126 pregnant women. cold to attend Pope Fran- including children, were in- national flights that were too long outside.
The blizzard is expected to