Snow, Siberian Cold Blankets Croatia to Eastern Russia
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Blizzard conditions, record-low temperatures and high winds persisted from Bulgaria to Baku, disrupting transportation and complicating efforts to respond to a calamity that has claimed hundreds of lives in central and eastern Europe in the last week.
Palm trees lining the beaches of the Adriatic sea city of Split in Croatia were bowed under snow while streets in the port town were clogged due to a lack of equipment for dealing with winter conditions. Winds in neighboring Slovenia reached as high as 180 kilometers an hour (112 miles), slowing truck transport on highways and roads through the Alpine country.