-221 people dead
-101 from Ukraine alone
-Worse cold spell in decades
-Temps as low as -37c in Northern Slovakia
-In Romania, 80 per cent of the Danube river was frozen over
-The Serbian government has so far declared a state of emergency in 19 municipalities in the south and east, where six people have died from cold
-Croatia's Adriatic coast and many of its islands were blanketed in snow - rare so far south - covering palm trees in the port of Split and bringing some residents out on skis. The island of Solta, just off Split, saw 30 cm (12 inches) of snow
-Snow fell on the northern tip of Africa, dusting palm trees in the Algerian capital. Locals said it was the first time they remembered snow falling in Algiers in eight years. Temperatures fell to about minus 1 degree unusually low for the port city on the Mediterranean Sea.
-In Italy, the heaviest snowfall in the capital Rome since the 1980s closed tourists attractions including the Colosseum and the Forum.
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