A cold snap kept Europe in its icy grip Thursday, pushing the death toll to 163 as countries from Ukraine to Italy struggled with temperatures that plunged to record lows in some places.
Sheets of ice float in the Spree river in Berlin as temperatures remained well below freezing. A cold snap kept Europe in its icy grip, pushing the death toll to 163.
Entire villages were cut off in parts of eastern Europe, trapping thousands, while road, air and rail links were severed and gas consumption shot up during what has been the severest winter in decades in some regions.
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