International situation of extreme cold weather

Italy: Some areas are covered with snow and ice. Due to snowfall, traffic in northern and central Italy was chaotic, and more than 600 passengers had to spend the night on the train. The cold killed a baby, a 76-year-old man and a tramp. According to the local meteorological observatory, this is the coldest winter in Italy in 27 years.

France: Cold warning issued in nearly half area. The army set up 600 shelters in Paris to take in the homeless.

Germany: snowfall continued in Berlin, and the temperature dropped to-10℃.

Belgium: A famous tourist attraction in Brussels, a sculpture of a child urinating, went on strike because of freezing caused by low temperature.

Poland: The temperature dropped to -32℃. Police said that 9 people were frozen to death on the 2nd, bringing the number of people frozen to death in Poland since last week's cooling to 29.

Ukraine: It is a country greatly affected by this cold current. According to the statistics released by the Ukrainian Ministry of Health on the 2nd, in the past week, 1 person froze to death in China, among which 64 people froze to death in the street and some died after being taken to hospital. The temperature dropped to -27℃ in Kiev, the capital, and below -30℃ in Carpathian Mountains. Tens of thousands of people have taken shelter from the cold in more than 2,000 temporary shelters.

Japan: In recent years, there have been severe snowstorms all over the country, and the snow in some areas even exceeds 5 meters. As of Tuesday, a snowstorm that lasted for several weeks in northern Japan triggered an avalanche, disrupted the transportation network and killed at least 56 people. Japan's Hokkaido and northern Honshu Island have been covered with thick snow. On the 2nd in Aomori, Japan, the temperature dropped to -9.2℃ and the snow depth reached 4.29 meters.

Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria and other European countries: * * At least 30 people died in cold weather, including 22 in Romania. In Sofia, Bulgaria, local media reported that the money in the ATM was frozen, causing the ATM to malfunction. The severe cold also caused some sections of the Danube to freeze. In order to protect ships, Bulgarian authorities had to transfer some ships to other ports. At least 10000 people in Serbia are trapped in remote villages due to traffic disruption. Some villages in Bosnia can only rely on military helicopters to drop food and other necessities. In Latvia, only 10 people froze to death in Riga, the capital, and the death toll in other areas remains to be counted. In Estonia, organizers had to stop holding ski competitions because the temperature dropped below MINUS 30 degrees.