Here in the Midwest, our winter has been abnormally mild. This is not the case in other parts of the earth. In Serbia, we are having people being evacuated out of homes because of the severe cold and mass amount of snow received this year. The temperatures they have been experiencing haven’t been this low for over 100 years. The death toll has now reached to 83, many of them being hypothermia related. Packages of food and medication have been airlifted in for people who are trapped in the snow. Power outages have been happening with many homes to heat, and rescue crew has been working around the clock. Other eastern countries have been hit. Poland’s death toll is now to 20, Ukraine’s death toll is 43 and counting; mostly the homeless who could not get to warm shelter. Ukranian prime minister Mykola Azarov spoke about the issue, "I call on citizens, enterprises, organizations not to be indifferent, to support and protect those people who cannot help themselves in this difficult time, we are one people." (Huffington Post)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/europe-cold-spell_n_1246774.html?ref=green&ir=Green#s654908
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