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| Extreme Cold in Romania |
| (2012-02-01) |
| Last updated: 2012-02-02 13:01 EET |
A severe cold snap has killed tens of people in Central and Eastern Europe, where temperatures dropped to record lows. The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were hit by one of the coldest Arctic fronts in recent decades. According to weather forecasts, temperatures have dropped to minus 30 degrees Celsius at night.
The cold wave is also expected to spread to Western Europe. The highest number of victims was reported in the Ukraine and Poland, but many people also died from the cold in the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Russia. In Romania, the alert level for cold has been raised to orange, in most counties. In the centre of the country, temperatures dropped to minus 32 degrees Celsius, the lowest this winter.
At least 10 people died because of the cold, mostly homeless persons and elderly. In the big cities, the consumption of thermal power and natural gas reached a record high. In many towns and cities, tens of thousands of people found it difficult to heat their homes. Travel restrictions are still in place on many sections of national and local roads, especially in the southeast of the country, because of the piles of snow built up on the roadside.
The Black Sea ports were closed as a result of gale-force wind, and navigation on the Danube was interrupted as several sections of the river have frozen. The harsh winter has also affected miners, as all mining activity is suspended for several days because of the risk of accidents due to low temperatures. In villages in the east of the country, several schools are still closed, with children unable to travel to school because of the snow.
Forecasts say the bad weather is not yet to leave Romania. While the severe cold will most likely be gone by the end of the week, heavy snowfalls and blizzards will return, which makes the 2012 winter one of the worst in Romania in recent years. Records show that the winter of 1954 was the toughest for Romanians, while the 25th of January 1942 was the coldest day in history, with minus 38.5 degrees Celsius being recorded near Brasov, in central Romania.
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