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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Mon Jan 06 2003 - 20:26:00 EST

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Flights Cancelled, Birds Trapped, Temps -18C to -38C, Breaking Records

Extreme Cold In Europe (Full Story):
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030106/ap_wo_en_po/eu_wea_nordic_weather_1

QUOTES FROM ARTICLE:

"OSLO, Norway - Extreme cold made traveling difficult in the Nordics and
Baltics, and was blamed for at least four deaths. In Stockholm, warm water
was used to free several swans trapped in the ice of the Swedish capital's
canals.

Norway suffered an extended period of extreme cold, which is expected to
last through the week. In Oslo, the temperature was -18 Celsius (just below
zero degrees Fahrenheit) at midday Monday.

The cold, combined with snow last week, forced the state railroad NSB to
cancel many departures, including 11 of 450 routes in and around Oslo. The
trains, which are nearing 30 years of age and about to be replaced, get
snow packed under their carriages that melts in long tunnels and then
freezes in the works.

In Denmark, 120 flights out of the Danish capital Copenhagen were canceled
Sunday and Monday, and road and rail traffic was hampered by heavy snow
that blanketed the Scandinavian country.

The snow that started falling Sunday mostly covered eastern and northern
Denmark, where police on Sunday urged people to stay home. There were also
delays and a few cancellations in public transportation. By Monday midday,
rescuers said they had to pull free hundreds of vehicles. Two men were
killed in separate road accidents late Sunday.

The coldest temperature measured in Denmark this winter was recorded early
Sunday when it dipped to -19.8 Celsius (-2 Fahrenheit) in the southern part
of the Jutland peninsula. Meteorologists said more cold was expected in the
coming 24 hours, and four state-owned icebreakers were on standby as inner
Danish waters began freezing.

In Stockholm, the capital, the weather was so cold that swans and other
birds got stuck in ice and had to be freed. The Stockholm harbor authority
pumped warm water into the Stockholm Stream to break up the ice and keep it
from freezing. The temperature was -18 Celsius (zero degrees Fahrenheit)
Monday.

In Cesis, Latvia, about 70 kilometers (43 miles) northeast of the capital,
Riga, the temperature fell to -38 degrees Celsius (-36.4 Fahrenheit) a
16-year low.

Schools were closed Monday in Riga after overnight temperatures fell to -30
degrees Celsius (-24 Fahrenheit). "

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