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    January 30, 2012

Cold Weather Kills 14 Across Eastern Europe

   VOA News

   Freezing weather has killed at least 14 people throughout eastern
   Europe as temperatures plummeted over the past few days and are
   expected to drop even further.
   Police in Poland said Monday at least 10 people froze to death as the
   cold weather dropped to minus 26 Celsius. Authorities say until now,
   the winter in the country had been unusually mild.
   In central Serbia, three people died from cold exposure over the
   weekend.
   And in neighboring Bulgaria, at least one person froze to death. The
   country declared a "Code Orange" weather alert in most districts. At
   least two towns are reporting record low temperatures.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and AFP.

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