Icy weather freezes central Europe
Central Europe remains paralyzed by ice from sub-zero temperatures and freezing rain.
- A bench covered in ice on Buda Hills in Budapest, December 3, 2014. Tens of thousand of homes on the outskirts of Budapest went without electricity this week as freezing rain blanketed the area and falling trees cut power lines, Hungary’s Disaster Relief Agency said. (Bernadett Szabo/Reuters)
- A road shrine is covered with frost near Kottes in Lower Austria, on December 3, 2014. (Christian Bruna/AFP/Getty Images)
- A branch of a tree is covered in ice in Buda hills in Budapest, December 3, 2014. Tens of thousand homes on the outskirts of Budapest went without electricity this week as freezing rain blanketed the area and falling trees cut power lines, Hungary’s Disaster Relief Agency said. (Bernadett Szabo/Reuters)
- Peolpe walk under trees covered in ice in Buda hills in Budapest, December 3, 2014.Tens of thousand homes on the outskirts of Budapest went without electricity this week as freezing rain blanketed the area and falling trees cut power lines, Hungary’s Disaster Relief Agency said. (Bernadett Szabo/Reuters)
- A road sign is covered with frost near Kottes in Lower Austria, on December 3, 2014. (Christian Bruna/AFP/Getty Images)
- A wayside cross is covered with frost near Kottes in Lower Austria, on December 3, 2014. (Christian Bruna/AFP/Getty Images)
- A wayside cross is covered with frost near Kottes in Lower Austria, on December 3, 2014. (Christian Bruna/AFP/Getty Images)
- A man rides a bicycle at the city park in Stavropol with the air temperature around minus 8 degrees Celsius (17.6 degrees Fahrenheit) (Eduard Korniyenko/Reuters)
- Branches of a tree are covered with ice in Buda hills in Budapest, December 3, 2014. Ten of thousand homes on the outskirts of Budapest went without electricity this week as freezing rain blanketed the area and falling trees cut power lines, Hungary’s Disaster Relief Agency said. (Bernadett Szabo/Reuters)
- Benches covered in ice in Buda hills in Budapest, December 3, 2014. Tens of thousand homes on the outskirts of Budapest went without electricity this week as freezing rain blanketed the area and falling trees cut power lines, Hungary’s Disaster Relief Agency said. (Bernadett Szabo/Reuters)
- Flowers covered in ice in Buda hills in Budapest, December 3, 2014. Tens of thousand homes on the outskirts of Budapest went without electricity this week as freezing rain blanketed the area and falling trees cut power lines, Hungary’s Disaster Relief Agency said. (Bernadett Szabo/Reuters)
- A parked car is covered with ice in Lichtenau in northern Austria, December 3, 2014. Freezing fog and rain has covered parts of the region with ice, causing blocked roads due to fallen trees and closed schools for security reasons, local media report. (Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters)
- A car drives past a sign post covered in snow and ice on the 750 meters high Hoher Meissner mountain near Hessisch Lichtenau, central Germany, on December 2, 2014. (Uwe Zucchi/AFP/Getty Images)
- A roadside shrine is covered with ice Himberg in northern Austria, December 3, 2014. Freezing fog and rain has covered parts of the region with ice, causing blocked roads due to fallen trees and closed schools for security reasons, local media report. (Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters)
- A roadside shrine is covered with ice near Reichpolds in northern Austria, December 3, 2014. Freezing fog and rain has covered parts of the region with ice, causing blocked roads due to fallen trees and closed schools for security reasons, local media report. (Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters)
- A bus stop is covered in snow and ice on the 750 meters high Hoher Meissner mountain near Hessisch Lichtenau, central Germany, on December 2, 2014. (Uwe Zucchi/AFP/Getty Images)
- A car drives past an ice and snow warning sign near Hessisch Lichtenau, central Germany, on December 2, 2014. (Uwe Zucchi/AFP/Getty Images)
- A thin layer of snow covers the roofs and the tower of the St Marien church in Homberg / Efze, central Germany, on December 3, 2014. (Uwe Zucchi/AFP/Getty Images)
- Trees of a forest in the Harz region are covered in snow on December 3, 2014 near Braunlage, central Germany. (Swen Pfoertner/AFP/Getty Images)
- A sign for the village of Schneeberg, translated as Snow Mountain, is covered with ice, in northern Austria, December 3, 2014. Freezing fog and rain has covered parts of the region with ice, causing blocked roads due to fallen trees and closed schools for security reasons, local media report. (Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters)
- A stopping restriction sign covered in snow is made up with a smiley at the Grosser Feldberg mountain in the Taunus region, western Germany, on December 3, 2014. (Frank Rumpenhorst/AFP/Getty Images)
- A deer runs away between trees of a snow-covered forest at the Grosser Feldberg mountain in the Taunus region, western Germany, on December 3, 2014. (Frank Rumpenhorst/AFP/Getty Images)
- Hikers walk past conifers covered in snow and ice on the Brocken mountain near Schierke, eastern Germany, on December 3, 2014. (Matthias Bein/AFP/Getty Images)