What It's Like to Live Through Europe's Freeze
By Grace Muller, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer
Feb 2, 2012; 3:27 PM ET
Here are some first-person videos showing the effects of the record cold temperatures in Europe.
The Associated Press reports that snow and icy roads have trapped 11,000 people in Serbia in remote mountain towns. YouTube poster Marko Randjic wrote that this video from Serbia shows "a rescue helicopter transports injured persons from the surrounding villages blocked by snow. The [landing spot] is called Jelica Polje, and it's situated in the southern part of my hometown, Ivanjica, Serbia. The helicopter had been rescuing people from surrounding villages who couldn't get through the snow."
See more videos from Ivanjica, Serbia in Marko Randjic's YouTube account.
Here is a video of the snow-covered roads in Serbia posted by YouTube user kunovo.
In Warsaw, Poland, the Vistula River is starting to freeze over. "Freezing my butt off," YouTube user Gillymusing wrote.
In the Ukraine, boiling water freezes immediately when thrown in the air.
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