The storm plaguing Europe collapsing infrastructure and transport networks

Problems in the infrastructure and transport networks are multiplying in Europe as a result of the temporary cold and snow that nine days since it provides no truce on the continent, while still increasing the number of dead, that are already above the 250 long.

Only in the three countries hardest hit by the cold wave, Ukraine, Poland and Romania, were reported Sunday in at least 23 new deaths, mostly homeless, with what the dead amounted, respectively, to 131, 53 and 34, respectively.

Authorities maintain their respective assistive devices and three countries have established thousands of shelters that citizens can take refuge from the cold.

The heavy snowfall that hit Europe from January 27 are causing further serious setbacks in road, rail and air transport, as well as energy supply.

As u000athat other republics of the old Yugoslav, Bosnia and Herzegovina is paralyzed from Friday, and in the capital Sarajevo snow exceeds the meter thick and the temperatures are hovering around 15 degrees centigrade below zero.

At dawn today members of the basketball team of the Serbian club "Hemofarm", whose coach had been blocked for 30 hours in a tunnel because of the accumulation of snow were rescued a hundred kilometres from Sarajevo.

In France, are already 75 departments on alert, and authorities in the region of Paris, where the first snow, have fallen have recommended not to use the car until the snow plow machines have cleared streets and highways.

In Italy have already been 18 deaths by the wave of cold, and snowfall have led traffic courts and have left without light at least 80,000 families in the Centre and South of the country.

Public transport in Rome has been practically paralyzed u000aas a result of heavy snowfall which are falling from Friday.

In rail and air traffic, there have been numerous delays, in the case of trains reaching twelve hours and some cancellations of flights, as in the case of Rome Fiumicino airport, which canceled nine.

United Kingdom has been the country of Western Europe that more cancellations of flights has lived now.

View weather forecasts for Sunday announcing heavy snowfalls, London Heathrow airport decided since yesterday to cancel a third of flights planned for today.

Furthermore, Birmingham Airport has been suspended six flights and has diverted eleven to other air terminals in the country.

The runway of London Stansted Airport was temporarily closed for cleaning the accumulated snow. Even London dawned snowy, causing disorders for cars and especially u000abuses.

In Spain, the temperatures began to rise this Sunday, but snow continued complicating traffic in the ports of mountain, with a dozen of them closed to circulation.

Meteorological services provide a slight increase in the thermometers in the day on Monday but a new drop from Tuesday.

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