Cold Week in Parts of Europe

Europe has been battling a deep freeze that started in late January and has killed hundreds, snow that has trapped thousands in Balkan mountain villages and prompted worries of flooding as heavy snow melts. In Greece and Bulgaria, flooding on Monday and Tuesday left dozens of homes under water and at least eight dead.

Serbian emergency officials have said the country’s army will use explosives to break up ice on the Danube and Ibar rivers to try to prevent flooding. (AP)

A young girl skates on the frozen canal of castle Nymphenburg in Munich, southern Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. A cold spell has reached central and eastern Europe with temperatures far below zero. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

A skier makes his way near Bayrischzell, southern Germany, on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. A cold spell has reached central and eastern Europe with temperatures plummeting far below zero. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Icicles hang down the sea bridge at the beach of Schoenberg at the Baltic Sea, northern Germany as temperatures reach minus six degrees Celsius (21.2 Fahrenheit) on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Heribert Proepper)

Icicles hang from a roof in Hochfilzen, Austrian province of Tyrol, on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Europe was hit by a cold spell with temperatures plummeting far below the freezing point.(AP Photo/ Kerstin Joensson)

Snow and ice covers the countryside on February 6, 2012 near Milan, Italy. Large parts of Europe are currently experiencing a cold snap. In Italy, the weather has caused the closure of schools in several cities and disruption to transport, with train cancellations and road closures. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)

Snow covered land is seen in the town of Alexandria, northern Greece, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Europeans across the continent have been battling more than a week of extreme weather, with thousands still trapped by snow in remote mountain villages and some hundreds dead after temperatures hit as low as minus 33 Fahrenheit (minus 36 Celsius); and European authorities now facing the prospect of flooding caused by melting snow. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)

Snow covered banks are seen on a river in the town of Alexandria, northern Greece, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Europeans across the continent have been battling more than a week of extreme weather, with thousands still trapped by snow in remote, mountain villages in the Balkans; hundreds, most of them homeless, dead after temperatures hit as low as minus 33 Fahrenheit (minus 36 Celsius); and authorities now facing the prospect of flooding caused by melting snow. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)

A truck is pictured next to a frozen traffic sign on the A2 motorway, connecting Bucharest to Constanta, after the road was closed due to severe weather conditions on February 7, 2012. Over 6,800 schools were closed in the country. A total of 127 villages are isolated, more than 300 were left without electricity and 237 county roads are blocked. Bulgarian border authorities informed on Tuesday that motor traffic capacity greater than ten tons by crossing the common border with Romania is restricted because of bad weather. Meteorologists have extended orange code for snow and blizzard for eight counties in southeast until Wednesday, when yellow will become effective code of frost in almost all the land, until Sunday. (DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP/Getty Images)

In this aerial photograph taken Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, the "Botnia" freighter navigates a waterway forged through the ice in the Baltic Sea by the "Goermitz" icebreaker, near the coast of Thiessow, Germany. (AP Photo/Jens Koehler)

Race horses are exercised on the snowy gallops in Malton, north England Tuesday Feb. 7, 2012. Race meetings at Sedgefield and Market Rasen have been abandoned today due to snow and ice on the courses. Britain had its first snowfall of the winter on Saturday _ up to 6.3 inches (16 centimeters) _ forcing London's Heathrow Airport _ Europe's busiest _ to cancel flights and stranding many drivers overnight on highways. (AP Photo/John Giles/PA Wire)

People skate on the frozen Keizersgracht canal in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday Feb. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Margriet Faber)

Lampposts are covered in ice in the Adriatic coastal town of Senj, Croatia, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Europeans across the continent have been battling more than a week of extreme weather, with thousands still trapped by snow in remote, mountain villages in the Balkans; hundreds - most of them homeless - dead after temperatures hit as low as minus 33 Fahrenheit (minus 36 Celsius); and authorities now facing the prospect of flooding caused by melting snow. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Youths play ice hockey on the frozen Lake Bled in Slovenia, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. A cold snap that has affected much of Europe spread to the tiny Alpine state with temperatures dropping to -20 degrees Celsius (-4 degrees Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Dusan Stojanovic)

People look at the frozen Triberger waterfalls at the Black Forest in Triberg, southern Germany during temperatures far below zero, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/dapd, Winfried Rothermel)

Smoke rises from chimneys on a cold winter morning near Weimar, central Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. A cold spell has reached central and eastern Europe with temperatures far below zero. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Pigeons fly over the city in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday,Feb. 7, 2012. The temperature in the Ukrainian capital fell to -14 C (7 F) on Tuesday.(AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Snow covers boats on a frozen section of the Sava river in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Serbian emergency officials said the army will use explosives to break up ice on the Danube and Ibar rivers to try to prevent the possibility of flooding. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Museum guide Klaus Klapper removes icicles from the technical museum in Annaberg-Buchholz, eastern Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/dapd, Uwe Meinhold)

A view of the Cannaregio channel, partially iced because of unusually low temperatures, in Venice, Italy, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. 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 minus 12 Celsius (10 Fahrenheit) on Monday, and the authorities opened a section of the city subway to shelter some 100 homeless people. (AP Photo/Luigi Costantini)

Passengers are seen through a window of a bus during a heavy rainfall in central Athens on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Authorities in northeastern Greece announced the voluntary evacuation of people in flood-stricken villages on the Turkish border. (AP Photo / Petros Giannakouris)

A view of the snow covered Vilnius during the sun sets over Vilnius , Lithuania, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. The air temperature was -17 degrees Celsius (1,4 degrees Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

The San Giuliano channel linking Venice to Mestre is partially frozen because of unusually low temperatures, in Venice, Italy, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. 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 minus 12 Celsius (10 Fahrenheit) on Monday, and the authorities opened a section of the city subway to shelter some 100 homeless people. (AP Photo/Luigi Costantini)

A general view of the village of Catelu under blizzard, near the A2 motorway, connecting Bucharest to Constanta, after the road was closed due to severe weather conditions on February 7, 2012. Over 6,800 schools were closed in the country. A total of 127 villages are isolated, more than 300 were left without electricity and 237 county roads are blocked. Bulgarian border authorities informed on Tuesday that motor traffic capacity greater than ten tons by crossing the common border with Romania is restricted because of bad weather. Meteorologists have extended orange code for snow and blizzard for eight counties in southeast until Wednesday, when yellow will become effective code of frost in almost all the land, until Sunday. (DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP/Getty Images)

A view of the north lagoon, partially iced because of unusually low temperatures, in Venice, Italy, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. 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 minus 12 Celsius (10 Fahrenheit) on Monday, and the authorities opened a section of the city subway to shelter some 100 homeless people. (AP Photo/Luigi Costantini)

Huts are covered with snow on Maiensaess Lafet mountain above Castiel, Switzerland Monday Feb. 6, 2012. Europe was hit by a cold spell with temperatures plummeting far below the freezing point. (AP Photo/Keystone/Arno Balzarini)

The sun sets over Vilnius , Lithuania, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. The air temperature -17 degrees Celsius (1.4 degrees Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

A woman takes pictures on the frozen waterside of the boardwalk of the Lake Geneva, in Nyon, Switzerland, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. A cold spell has reached Europe with temperatures plummeting far below zero. AP Photo/Keystone/Laurent Gillieron)

A woman walks over the frozen Lake Bled in Slovenia as the cold snap that has hit much of Europe spreads to the tiny Alpine state with temperatures dropping to around - 20 degrees Celsius (- 4 Fahrenheit), Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Dusan Stojanovic)

A woman walks a dog alongside the partially frozen river Spree in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

A skier makes his way through a snow covered landscape near Mittenwald, southern Germany, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Temperatures dropped to minus 20 degrees Celsius overnight (minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit) and remained at minus 15 degrees Celsius (5 degrees Fahrenheit) during the daytime. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Workers try to fix a damaged water pipe after it was damaged by the extreme cold weather, in the center of Liberec, Czech Republic, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. The temperature in Liberec was around minus 18 degrees Celsius (minus 0,4 degrees Fahrenheit) this morning. (AP Photo/CTK, Radek Petrasek)

Birds are seen on the partly frozen river Elbe in Dresden, eastern Germany, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/dapd, Matthias Rietschel)

A car and trees are covered in ice on the shores of Lake Geneva, in Versoix, near Geneva, Switzerland, early Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. A cold spell is affecting large parts of Europe, with temperatures plummeting far below zero. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)

A man clears snow off the roof of a house in Sjenica, some 250 kms southwest of Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. Across Eastern Europe, thousands of people continued to dig out from heavy snow that has fallen during a cold snap that struck more than a week ago and has killed hundreds of people. (AP Photo/Samir Delic)

The sun sets over Vilnius , Lithuania, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012.The air temperature -20 degrees Celsius (20,2 degrees Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Pedestrians walk along Lake Annecy in eastern France on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. A cold snap has hit the continent, burying Ukraine and Bosnia in snow and disrupting travel in Britain. (AP Photo/Raphael Satter)

People skate on the frozen Sihlsee lake in the Euthal valley located at the Swiss canton of Schwyz on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. Across Eastern Europe, thousands of people continued to dig out from heavy snow that has fallen during a cold snap that struck more than a week ago and has killed hundreds of people. (AP Photo/Keystone/Urs Flueeler)

A man sledges in the snow backdropped by Kenwood House on Hampstead Heath in London, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. Part of the 1999 released movie "Notting Hill" was filmed there. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

A woman walks with her baby along the frozen Tallinn bay, Estonia, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012 as Tallinn's skyscrapers are seen in the background. The temperature in Tallinn plummeted to -28 Celsius (-18.4 Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Timur Nisametdinov/NIPA)

A pedestrian walks along the Inn river near Bever in the snowy Engadin valley in the Swiss Alps located in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. Europe was hit by a cold spell with temperatures plummeting far below the freezing point. (AP Photo/Keystone/Arno Balzarini)

People walk on the bridge over the River Neris in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. The air temperature -26 degrees Celsius (14.8 degrees Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Canal boats frozen in a canal in Sawley, near Nottingham, central England, as freezing weather hits the country Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. Britain is digging out after heavy snow fell across the country, grounding planes and snarling roads and railways. Much of the U.K. remains under an amber warning _ the Met Office's second most serious _ of icy conditions after up to 16 centimeters (6.3 inches) fell overnight. Some motorists spent the night in their cars amid treacherous highway conditions, and officials urged drivers on Sunday to stay off the icy roads. (AP Photo/PA, Matthew Vincent)

Snow covers fisherman boats on Skadar lake in the village of Vir, some 15 kms. south of Montenegro's capital Podgorica , Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. Fresh snow has triggered traffic chaos in Belgrade and other Serbian cities, further complicating relief efforts as Eastern Europe's harshest cold snap in decades spreads to the north of the country. (AP Photo/Risto Bozovic)

A man skis at the Circus Maximus on February 4, 2012 in Rome. Heavy snowfalls in Rome caused the normally mild-weather Italian capital to grind to a halt. (Photo credit should read ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images)

A woman walks in snow at Son Vida Golf Country in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. Spain's Balearic islands in the Mediterranean saw their first heavy snow of the winter on Saturday as the cold weather swept south. Emergency service 112 said it had rescued six persons who had become trapped in three snow-engulfed vehicles in Bunyola on the holiday resort island of Mallorca. (AP Photo/Manu Mielniezuk)

Frost crystals pictured on a window in Zurich, Switzerland, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. A cold spell has reached Europe with temperatures plummeting far below zero. (AP Photo/Keystone/Alessandro Della Bella)

The Castel Sant' Angelo covered with snow is seen by the Tiber river on February 4, 2012 in Rome. Heavy snowfalls in Rome caused the normally mild-weather Italian capital to grind to a halt. (ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images)

A view of the ancient forum on February 4, 2012 in Rome. Heavy snowfalls in Rome caused the normally mild-weather Italian capital to grind to a halt. (ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images)

The Colosseo is covered with snow on February 4, 2012 in Rome. Heavy snowfalls in Rome caused the normally mild-weather Italian capital to grind to a halt. (ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images)

The ancient forum is covered with snow on February 4, 2012 in Rome. Heavy snowfalls in Rome caused the normally mild-weather Italian capital to grind to a halt. (VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images)

A woman stands in a street covered with snow on February 4, 2012 in Rome. Heavy snowfalls in Rome caused the normally mild-weather Italian capital to grind to a halt. (ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images)

A photo taken on February 4, 2012 shows Saint-Peter's Basilica (R) after a snowfall. A rare mantle of snow blanketed the historic center of Rome on February 3, forcing the closure of schools and tourist sites such as the Colosseum. The snow covered palm trees, ancient Roman ruins and Baroque churches across the normally mild-weather Italian capital which has only seen one snowfall in the past 15 years in which the snow stayed on the ground for a whole day. (FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)

Crashed vehicle stand in the snow after a chain collision involving dozens of cars on the Lahti motorway, near Helsinki, Finland Friday Feb. 3, 2012. Treacherous conditions and blowing snow led to hundreds of accidents, injuries, traffic jams and road closures on Friday. Rail and air services were disrupted. (AP Photo/Lehtikuva/Jussi Nukari)

An ice covered boat sits at an iced landing stage at the Lake of Geneva in Versoix, Switzerland, Feb. 3, 2012. A cold spell has reached Europe with temperatures plummeting far below zero. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini)

A man crosses a bridge in heavy snow in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Friday Feb. 3, 2012. Dutch authorities banned boats from some of Amsterdam's canals and waterways in the hope the big freeze gripping the city would turn the still water to ice and allow residents to go skating. (AP Photo/Margriet Faber)

Two teenagers returning from school make their way home on slippery roads near Lisserbroek, western Netherlands Friday Feb. 3, 2012. The Dutch railroad company operated on an adjusted train schedule and traffic jams clogged up the Dutch motorways as a cold spell holds most of Europe in its icy grip. Temperatures in Holland dropped to minus 10 degrees Celsius, or 14 degrees Fahrenheit, overnight, but cloud covered skies and snow brought daytime temperatures to -1 degrees Celsius, or 30 degrees Fahrenheit. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

A girl looks out of a window covered in frost on a bus moving in heavy snow in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. Fresh heavy snow has triggered traffic chaos in Belgrade and other Serbian cities, further complicating relief efforts as Eastern Europe's harshest cold snap in decades spreads to the north of the country. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

A man walks as snow and frozen wind billows cross the region, in Roncesvalles, northern Spain, Thursday Feb. 2, 2012. A cold spell has reached Europe with temperatures plummeting far below zero. (AP Photo/ Alvaro Barrientos)

A man lifts his ski near the frost covered Wendelstein church, Germany's highest church, on the 1838 meter (6030 feet) high Wendelstein mountain near Bayrischzell, southern Germany, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. A cold spell has reached central and eastern Europe with temperatures far below zero. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

A family makes its way through a snowy winter landscape next to frost-covered trees in the Col du Mollendruz, Switzerland, in Mont-la-Ville, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. A cold spell has reached central and eastern Europe with temperatures far below zero. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron)

People walk on the frozen shores of the Black Sea at dusk in Constanta, Romania, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. The death toll from a severe cold spell in Eastern Europe rose to 71 Wednesday, most of them homeless people. Temperatures dropped to minus 30 C (minus 22 F) in some regions, causing power outages and traffic chaos and prompting authorities to close schools and nurseries. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

A woman walks along a bank of the Moscow River on a sunny winter day in Kolomenskoye park in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. In Moscow temperatures fell to minus 21 Celsius (minus 6 Fanrenheit). (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

A girl with masked face walks in the centre of Kiev during -20C frost on February 1, 2012. Forty-three have died of hypothermia in the Ukraine over the past six days as the country has suffered a severe spell of cold weather, the emergency services ministry said Wednesday. Most were homeless people who froze to death on the streets, while seven were found dead in their homes, and more than 800 people sought medical help for frostbite and hypothermia. (SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images)

A heating plant is seen on a winter's morning in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, as temperatures of minus 21 degree Celsius (minus 5.8 degree Fahrenheit) hit the Belarusian capital. The death toll from a severe cold spell in Eastern Europe rose to 71 Wednesday, most of them homeless people. Temperatures dropped to minus 30 C (minus 22 F) in some regions, causing power outages and traffic chaos and prompting authorities to close schools and nurseries. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

A view of the city of Siena, central Italy, blanketed in snow, as snowfalls have been battering the country, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Paolo Lazzeroni)

People walk through the historic center of Siena, central Italy, as snowfalls have been battering the country, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Paolo Lazzeroni)

Picture taken of a window covered with frost on February 1, 2012 in Godewaersvelde, northern France. Meteo France (French national meteorological service) predicted a new cold snap from tomorrow onwards. (PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)

A transport ship makes its way through the ice on the Rhine-Herne canal in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Many canals and rivers in Germany are closed because of the ice. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)