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| Big chill brings misery to Europe | Big chill brings misery to Europe |
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| Much of Europe continues to face severe transport upheaval as a cold snap sweeps the continent. | |
| More than 80 people have died across Europe, including at least 42 in Poland and another 27 in Ukraine who have frozen to death. | |
| Another 13 people died in car accidents in Austria, Finland and Germany, where temperatures dropped well below zero. | |
| Air, rail and road transport has been severely disrupted across northern Europe and more snow is expected. | Air, rail and road transport has been severely disrupted across northern Europe and more snow is expected. |
| The disruption has come during the busy Christmas holiday season, affecting many people's travel plans. | |
| Stranded travellers | |
| The bitterly cold weather across much of the continent combined with heavy snow in some areas has caused cancellations and delays at airports and forced train lines to close. | |
| But after three days of cancelled services, Eurostar trains began running between Brussels, Paris and London. | |
| Thousands of passengers were stranded by Eurostar's shutdown BBC man's trek to Brussels Stranded travellers' bid for home Who is to blame for Eurostar chaos? | |
| The backlog of thousands of stranded travellers was expected to take several days to clear. | |
| Domestic rail services across the UK have been severely delayed, with buses replacing trains in many areas. | |
| British Airways said the majority of its flights were operating again after it had cancelled all its domestic and European flights from the main London airport, Heathrow, on Monday. | |
| Other airlines, including EasyJet and Ryanair, have cancelled dozens of flights and told travellers to expect delays. | |
| Frankfurt airport, Europe's third largest, re-opened on Tuesday morning after closing on Monday because of icy conditions. | |
| In France, Belgium and the Netherlands, airport operators cleared runways after thick snowfall caused major disruption to flight patterns. | |
| Road traffic in the UK was severely disrupted across the UK, including the south-east where roads were gridlocked late on Monday after numerous crashes in heavy snowfall. | |
| Major roads elsewhere in Europe were blocked after some regions had snowfall of up to 50cm (20in). | |
| Homeless deaths | Homeless deaths |
| The Eurostar crisis prompted the French transport ministry to order an investigation into the shutdown. | |
| Meanwhile Eurotunnel - which carries vehicles under the Channel between England and France - cancelled day trip bookings on Tuesday and warned that heavy traffic levels were expected through the day. | |
| In Poland, police appealed for people to help if they came across homeless or drunk people lying outside, as temperatures dropped towards -20C in some areas. | In Poland, police appealed for people to help if they came across homeless or drunk people lying outside, as temperatures dropped towards -20C in some areas. |
| Most of the 42 people who froze to death in the country over the weekend were homeless, police said. | Most of the 42 people who froze to death in the country over the weekend were homeless, police said. |
| Cold-related deaths were also reported in France, where two homeless people died. | Cold-related deaths were also reported in France, where two homeless people died. |
| Treacherous travel conditions also caused havoc for rail services. | Treacherous travel conditions also caused havoc for rail services. |
| Fifty people were injured when a train hit a buffer in the Croatian city of Zagreb, while 36 were injured when a passenger train derailed in Paris after a car slipped on ice and knocked concrete on to the tracks. | |
| Temperatures are forecast to rise later in the week. | Temperatures are forecast to rise later in the week. |
| FORECAST FROM BBC WEATHER | FORECAST FROM BBC WEATHER |
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