Unbelievable Pictures From Europe's Brutal Cold, Snow

Feb 10, 2012; 2:04 PM ET
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Extreme and deadly winter conditions have been gripping Europe for weeks. Cold is gripping Russia to Portugal.

The seafront is frozen 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)

A lot of snow fell in Szeged, Hungary. Photo submitted to AccuWeather.com Facebook fan Spf S., on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012.

Photo from Ancona, Italy after three days of snow on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. Photo from AccuWeather.com Facebook fan Massimiliano R.

Photo of snow in Slovenia on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, from AccuWeather.com Facebook fan Marjan B.

Photo of heavy snow, 110 cm, in Sarjevo, Bosnia, on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, from AccuWeather.com Facebook fan Jasmin B.

A Bosnian man walks on snow-covered road in the village of Breteljevici, near Kladanj, 100 kilometers north of Sarajevo, Bosnia, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Some Bosnian villages have had no electricity for days as crews work around-the-clock trying to fix power lines affected by heavy snow and freezing temperatures. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)


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