Cold snap continues

Arctic conditions and record low temperatures in parts of Eastern Europe have pushed the death toll to over 100 people. The freeze is forecast to spread further south and west into the weekend.

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Weekend temperatures
High Low
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Murmansk

-17C -20C
St Petersburg

Helsinki

Stockholm

-7C -14C

-7C -15C

-12C -21C Siberia:

High pressure drives cold front

How cold is it?

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Severe cold has forced o cials to air-lift emergency food and medical supplies to some areas that have not had electricity for days. Helicopters were also being used to help thousands of people trapped in snow-blocked villages.

+5C -3C

-2C -7C
Oslo

Moscow

-6C -17C
Paris

-10C -13C
Warsaw

Average temperatures in Eastern Europe for January thru March:

-11C -16C

Vilnius

High

8C

Low

-12C

+3C -2C

-15C -23C
Minsk

Recent temperatures in Eastern Europe:

High

-10C

Low

-33C
Milan

-12C -18C
Kiev

Madrid

+9C -3C

-5C -9C
Rome

Death toll
= 1 person

-5C -14C

+1C -4C
Munich

Bucharest

Temperatures are above seasonal for this time of year and predicted to continue.

Meanwhile, in Canada....
Temperature anomaly outlook
February 2012 Below normal=blue Above normal=red Normal=white

-5C -10C

+2C -4C
Vienna

-7C -11C
Budapest

Ukraine

Poland

Romania

Moscow

Serbia

Czech Rep.

-6C -11C
SUSAN BATSFORD, GRAPHICS EDITOR, TWITTER @SBATS1; INFOGRAPHIC BY TARA CORRAN/QMI AGENCY

Sources: UK Met O ce; Graphic News; gate1travel.com