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  • 10
    Feb
    2012
    11:08am, EST

    Ice transforms pier into sculpture playground

    Denis Balibouse / Reuters

    A child plays on an ice covered lake wall on the bank of lake Leman in Geneva on Feb. 10, as sub-freezing winter weather temperatures continue in Europe.

    Denis Balibouse / Reuters

    Children slip on an ice covered promenade on the bank of lake Leman in Geneva on Feb. 10, as sub-freezing winter weather temperatures continue in Europe.

    See more incredible photos from winter in our slideshow...

    Slideshow: Winter wildness

    Petr Josek / Reuters

    Winter has arrived with chilling force in many parts of North America, Europe and Asia.

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  • 8
    Feb
    2012
    7:11am, EST

    Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP - Getty Images

    A homeless man eats hot food given by Russia's Emergencies Ministry officers in Moscow on Feb. 8, 2012.

    Moscow homeless face bitter winter chill

    The temperature in Moscow dropped to minus 13 degrees Celsius Wednesday, Agence France Presse reports, but due to high humidity and wind experts said it would feel more like minus 21.

    See more images from the biting European winter on PhotoBlog.

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    GREAT picture

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  • 7
    Feb
    2012
    12:11pm, EST

    A frozen waterfall and other surreal photos from an iced-over Germany

    Winfried Rothermel / AP

    People watch the Triberger waterfalls at the Black Forest in Triberg, southern Germany during temperatures far below zero, on Feb. 7, 2012.

    Anna Schuermann / EPA

    A hiker stands behind icicles as he takes snapshots of a frozen waterfall in Bad Urach, Germany, on Feb. 7. The cold wave sweeping across Europe is expected to bring even more snow and frigid temperatures in the upcoming days.

    Martin Schutt / AFP - Getty Images

    A car drives through the snowy landscape on the Grosser Inselberg mountain in eastern Germany, on Feb. 6. The deadly cold snap that has gripped Europe for more than a week wrought more havoc across the continent, straining emergency services, grounding flights and pushing the death toll past 200.

    Patrick Pleul / EPA

    Packed ice floes are seen from the Stadtbruecke Bridge in Frankfurt Oder, Germany, Feb. 7. The drifting ice has come to a standstill along more than 140 kilometers of the Oder River on the border between Germany and Poland.

    Christof Stache / AFP - Getty Images

    A pedestrian walks between snowy stairways in the Olympic park in Munich, southern Germany, on Feb. 7. Temperatures plunged to new lows in Europe where last two week-long cold snap has now claimed more than 220 lives and forecasters warned that the big freeze would tighten its grip at the next time.

    Malte Christians / EPA

    Young men play ice hockey on the frozen Outer Alster in Hamburg, Germany, on Feb. 7. The frozen Outer Alster could be used at one's own risk since yesterday. In some places the ice is 18 cm thick.

    Uwe Meinhold / AP

    Ice crystals hang from a water wheel at the technical museum in Annaberg-Buchholz, eastern Germany, on Feb. 7, 2012.

    By Natalia Jimenez, NBC News

    The extreme weather hitting Europe this winter has caused some surreal and beautiful scenes across the continent. Sadly, the picturesque images of iced-covered towns mask the impact the freezing temperatures have on the people experiencing them. In the Ukraine alone there have been over 130 people confirmed dead, and temperatures as low as minus 22 Fahrenheit are expected to continue for another week. There are now fears of deadly flooding that will follow as the climate warms up.

    Related content:

    • See more images of the severe winter in Europe on PhotoBlog
    • Deadly floods follow in iced-over Europe
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    Despite freezing temperatures, people still figure out ways to have fun. These photographs are amazing. Especially the water fall. WOW.

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  • 6
    Feb
    2012
    6:37pm, EST

    Martial Trezzini / Keystone via AP

    A woman walks along the waterside promenade at Lake Geneva in Versoix, Switzerland on Feb. 5. Cars, boats, trees, streets incased in ice are common place in the area as a cold spell continues to cover Europe with temperatures plummeting far below zero.

    Car encased in ice

    -- The Associated Press

    Europeans across the continent were digging out from heavy snow and ice after a week of bitter cold in which the number of dead — most of them homeless — continued to rise by the day. Temperatures have fallen as low as minus 33 Fahrenheit (minus 36 Celsius) in Ukraine, the hardest-hit country.

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    17 comments

    Mother Nature may well be wicked - but she is one hell of an artist!

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  • 6
    Feb
    2012
    1:33pm, EST

    Ice clogs the canals of Venice, Italy

    Marco Sabadin / AFP - Getty Images

    A small boat passes on a canal covered with ice on Monday in Venice, Italy. Temperatures fell to 14 degrees Fahrenheit in Milan on Monday as 59,000 households remained without electricity in Italy and officials declared a gas supply emergency.

    Luigi Costantini / AP

    A view of the Cannaregio channel, partially iced because of unusually low temperatures, in Venice on Monday. Schools will be closed in Rome on Tuesday, as Italy copes with unusually heavy snow for the Mediterranean country. So far, ten deaths have been linked to winter weather, including two people who were crushed under a collapsed roof south of Rome, and a 91-year-old woman in the northeast port of Trieste who was knocked down by strong winds. In the north, rescuers had to pluck people from their homes, as piles of snow reached 3 meters (10 feet) in some areas. In Milan, Italy's fashion and financial capital, temperatures fell to 10 degrees Fahrenheit on Monday, and the authorities opened a section of the city subway to shelter some 100 homeless people.

    Manuel Silvestri / Reuters

    A boat floats in a frozen lagoon in Venice on Monday. Bitterly cold weather sweeping across Europe claimed more victims on Sunday, brought widespread disruption to transport services, and left thousands without power with warnings that low temperatures would continue into next week.

    More images from freezing weather in Europe in PhotoBlog.

    Related story: Venice rebels againts cruise ship intrusions

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    51 comments

    yeah but global climate change just can't be real...rrright.

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  • 6
    Feb
    2012
    6:53am, EST

    Salvatore Di Nolfi / EPA

    An ice-covered tree on the frozen waterside of the boardwalk of Lake Geneva, in Geneva, Switzerland, on Feb. 6, 2012. A cold spell has reached Europe with temperatures plummeting far below freezing.

    The ice tree

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  • 5
    Feb
    2012
    9:54am, EST

    Severe cold continues in Europe

    Michael Reichel / EPA

    Ice crystals form on the windshield of a car after a nighttime minimum temperature of minus 20 degrees Celsius in Ilmenau, Germany, Feb. 5. The frosty weather will continue across europe for the coming days, according to weathe forecasts.

    msnbc.com staff and news services report:

    Steven Keates, a weather forecaster at Britain's Met Office, said the severe wintry conditions were expected to last, and spread to other areas.

    "It will still be very cold, maybe not quite the exceptional temperatures we've seen this last week, but still very cold," he told Reuters, saying the current front which brought snow and ice to Britain overnight was now heading to Belgium and Germany.

    Full story: Europe's big freeze: cold claims more victims, snow hits travel

    Related content: PhotoBlog posts of winter in Europe

    Fabrice Coffrini / AFP - Getty Images

    A man walks past an ice covered car on the frozen waterside promenade at Lake Geneva in Versoix, near Geneva, Switzerland, early Feb. 5. The death toll from the vicious cold snap across Europe has risen to more than 260, with the winter misery set to hit thousands of those seeking to escape it as air traffic was hit.

    Leon Neal / AFP - Getty Images

    A couple walk up Muswell Hill, north London as cars struggle to drive through the snow on Feb. 4. Heavy snow fell overnight across South East England, causing many roads to become blocked.

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    What God-awful conditions! Love eastern Euope and the Ukraine, but hate to see them have to endure such condition!!

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  • 3
    Feb
    2012
    1:39pm, EST

    Extreme cold weather in Ukraine causes 101 deaths

    Gleb Garanich / Reuters

    Pedestrians walk near a metro entrance in an air temperature around minus 4 Fahrenheit in central Kiev, on Feb. 3. Thirty-eight more deaths from a cold snap have been registered in Ukraine in the past 24 hours, bringing to 101 the toll from freezing temperatures across the former Soviet republic, the Emergencies Ministry said on Friday.

    Sergey Dolzhenko / EPA

    An elderly woman is wrapped in thick winter clothes as she tries to sell cigarettes to passers-by in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, on Feb. 3. The death toll from the cold spell reached 101 in Ukraine, up from 63 reported killed by exposure on the day before. More than 1,200 people were treated for cold-related injuries, the Ukraine Ministry of Emergency Situations reported. Freezing cold and snowstorms over Eastern and Central Europe on Friday caused more deaths and disrupted traffic and energy supplies across the continent.

    Gleb Garanich / Reuters

    A sparrow with extended feathers due to the cold sits on a branch in an air temperature around minus 4 Fahrenheit in central Kiev, on Feb. 3. Thirty-eight more deaths from a cold snap have been registered in Ukraine in the past 24 hours, bringing to 101 the toll from freezing temperatures across the former Soviet republic, the Emergencies Ministry said on Friday.

    AP reports:

    In Ukraine, thirty-eight more fatalities were reported from frostbite and hypothermia on Friday, raising the nation's death toll to 101. Emergency officials have said many of the victims were homeless.

    Mykola Blyznyuk of the Health Ministry told the Kiev Post newspaper that many of the victims of hypothermia had broken their legs in falls and spent a long time on the ground in freezing temperatures while waiting for help to arrive.

    Of the Ukrainians who have died since the cold weather hit Jan. 27, 64 were found frozen on the streets, 11 died in hospitals and 26 in their homes, emergency officials said.

    It was so cold there, that some 1,500 swans, sea gulls and ducks froze to the ice in a small harbor near Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odessa, forcing emergency workers to use ships to break up the surface and free the birds, officials said.

    The weeklong cold snap — Eastern Europe's worst in decades — is causing power outages, frozen water pipes and the widespread closure of schools, nurseries, airports and bus routes.

    Read the full story.

     

    Gleb Garanich / Reuters

    A view of the frozen River Dnieper in an air temperature around minus 4 Fahrenheit in snow covered central Kiev, on Feb. 3.

    Sergei Chuzavkov / AP

    A woman looks through an icy window in a bus in Ukraine's capital, Kiev, on Feb. 3.

     

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    Wow Tarzan7, you're an a$$ hole... I hope someone shows you same compassion when your dumb a$$ freezes to death.

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  • 3
    Feb
    2012
    11:11am, EST

    Stilettos in the snow... only in Rome!

    Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters

    Tourists protect themselves with umbrellas from the falling snow in front of Rome's ancient Colosseum on Feb. 3.

    Massimo Percossi / EPA

    A man cycles through a snow storm in Rome, Italy, on Feb 3. Reports state that the severe cold has killed more than 100 people across Europe, where temperatures have in some areas have plummeted.

    Gabriel Bouys / AFP - Getty Images

    Women walk near the Trevi fountain during snowfalls on Feb. 3 in Rome.

    AP reports:

    Thick snowflakes fell in Rome on Friday, a rare occurrence for a capital usually blessed by a temperate climate, and other parts of the country experienced frigid temperatures unseen in years.

    The snowfall prompted authorities to stop visitors from entering the Colosseum, the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill, the former home of Rome's ancient emperors.

    The last substantial snowfalls in Rome were in 1985 and 1986, though there have been other cases of lighter snow since then, including in 2010.

    Read the full story.

    See recent photos of the harsh winter Europe is experiencing.

    Gabriel Bouys / AFP - Getty Images

    Scooters and motorbikes are covered with snow as they are parked downtown Rome on Feb. 3. A rare mantle of snow blanketed the historic center of Rome on Friday as temperatures in the Alpine region of Piedmont in northern Italy went as low as minus 22 Fahrenheit.

    Tiziana Fabi / AFP - Getty Images

    People walk on St Peter's square covered by snow on Feb. 3 at the Vatican. A rare mantle of snow blanketed the historic center of Rome on Friday.

     

     

    120 comments

    I used to wear heels all the time - and even at my craziest I would never have worn open toed shoes in the snow. Now, a closed toe pump? That was something else entirely...

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  • 2
    Feb
    2012
    1:12pm, EST

    Winter wonderland or living hell?

    Heinz-Peter Bader / Reuters

    A man skates on a frozen pond in Vienna, on Feb. 2.

    Steffen Schmidt / EPA

    Wooden figurines are transformed into sculptures of ice in Seegraeben, Switzerland as arctic temperatures sweep through central Europe.

    Valdrin Xhemaj / EPA

    A truck drives through heavy snow in Obilic, Kosovo, on Feb. 2.

    Vadim Ghirda / AP

    A woman looks out of a window covered in frost on a bus in Bucharest, Romania, on Thursday, Feb. 2. Thousands of villagers have been trapped by heavy snow and blizzards in Serbia's mountains, authorities said Thursday, as the death toll from Eastern Europe's weeklong deep freeze rose to 122, many of them homeless people.

    Alvaro Barrientos / AP

    A man walks as snow billows cross the region, in Roncesvalles, northern Spain, on Thursday Feb. 2.

    Slideshow: Winter wonderland

    Patrick Semansky / AP

    Winter has arrived in the Northern hemisphere. Take in the sights from North America, Europe and Asia.

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  • 2
    Feb
    2012
    8:02am, EST

    Andrey Smirnov / AFP - Getty Images

    A police officer braves the cold ( minus 17 degrees Celsius) as he detains a demonstrator wearing a carnival costume of death outside the Interior Ministry headquarters in Moscow on Feb. 2, 2012. The sign on the protester's chest reads 'Corruption'.

    Dressed as Death, Russian opposition protester braves freezing temperatures

    Police detained four protesters who braved freezing temperatures Thursday to take part in an unauthorized demonstration against what they called corruption in Russia's Interior Ministry, Agence France Presse reports.

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    • Black belt Putin gives a judo lesson to young students
    • Protesters detained outside Russia Interior Ministry

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  • 30
    Jan
    2012
    11:30pm, EST

    Winter cold snap kills dozens in eastern Europe

    Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP - Getty Images

    A man walks as the sun rises behind chimneys of a thermal power station in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Jan. 31, 2012. Record low temperatures were registered around Bulgaria Tuesday, as the mercury continued to drop, threatening shipping on the Danube and closing hundreds of schools.

    Yuriy Dyachyshyn / AFP - Getty Images

    A girl looks out from a bus window covered with frost on Jan. 30, 2012 as temperatures reached -15 degrees Celcius in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv.

    Vassil Donev / EPA

    A woman walks during a frosty early morning in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Jan. 31, 2012. Many parts of the country are experiencing temperatures of minus 21 degrees Celcius.

    Maurizio Gambarini / EPA

    An employee of the Red Cross talks to a homeless person spending the night outside in Berlin, Germany, on Jan. 30, 2012. The cold weather creates a situation where shelters cannot accommodate everyone looking for a roof for the night. On the night of Jan. 29, 467 people sought shelter but only 315 places were available.

    Murad Sezer / Reuters

    A man walks in the snow covered Sultanahmet square with the Blue Mosque in the background, in Istanbul, Turkey, on Jan. 31, 2012.

     

    AP reporting from BELGRADE, Serbia -- Officials have appealed to people to stay indoors and be careful. Police searched for the homeless to make sure they didn't freeze to death. In some places, heaters will be set up at bus stations.

    Still, 18 people, most of them homeless, died in Ukraine from hypothermia and nearly 500 people sought medical help for frostbite and hypothermia in just three days last week, the Emergency Situations Ministry said. Read more.

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    I live in Chicago and it's the warmest winter in 78 years. We've only had one storm which dropped 6-8 inches. Calling for almost 60 today at the end of January. The world is changing.

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