Security forces there, and in neighboring Bosnia, used helicopters to ferry supplies to areas cut off by deep snow and to evacuate the elderly. The forecast across the Balkans is for conditions to worsen through the week. Meteoalarm said severe cold was likely to persist in continental Europe, including Germany and southeastern Europe.
In Moscow, where daytime temperatures fell as low as -22 C, opponents of Vladimir Putin worried that the cold could reduce attendance at a rally against the prime minister on Saturday, one month before he stands in presidential elections.
Thermometers in parts of Bulgaria plunged to record lows just shy of - 30 C, freezing cash machines in Sofia, daily newspaper Trud reported. Eight people in Bulgaria and 14 in neighboring Romania have died in the cold snap.
Poland said five people died overnight, two of them from carbon monoxide poisoning as people turned to risky heating to battle temperatures likely to remain as low at -26 C for several more days. The country's gas monopoly PGNiG said on Wednesday it had restricted industrial deliveries to meet increased heating demand.
In Slovenia, winds of up to 180 kph blew off roofs and prompted authorities to close some schools, officials said.
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