Hundreds freeze to death in eastern Europe's worst winter
Eastern Europe is in the grip of one of the severest winters in many decades with temperatures in some regions dipping to minus 30 degree Celsius in the plains, coupled with power shutdowns, traffic jams, closure of institutions and hospitals along with suspension of rail and air services.
REPORTS POURING in from Europe inform that after more than one week of extremely cold situation, many residential areas in East Europe are under several metre-high snow cover. Over hundred people have died in the region and thousands have taken ill.
Siberia is the worst hit by the cold conditions, and it is said that thousands of villagers have been trapped by heavy snow mounds and become homeless.
In Serbia, relief efforts are on for food supply, evacuating the sick and special supply of gasoline to keep homes warm and cooking.
Similarly, lots of villages in Bosnia have had no electricity for the last few days and government is trying hard to resume the power supply but the work is sluggish as power workers are not equipped to overcome this calamity.
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