Nearly 500 people died in Europe because of the cold

An unusual 12-day cold spell in Europe has killed nearly 500 people. Meteorological agencies say the cold spell will last until the end of the week, forcing Germany to restart some nuclear reactors to get enough heating power.

>>>More than 300 Europeans are cold

Ukraine is the most affected country with 136 people killed and 1,800 people hospitalized, as of February 7. In the South, heavy snowfall caused traffic to stall. According to the Ukrainian meteorological agency, the temperature may drop to -30 degrees Celsius by the end of this week.

In Poland, the number of deaths from colds amounted to 74, of which 50 people died from a broken heater leading to suffocation because of carbon and fires.

Severe weather affects most countries in Europe.

Unusual colds also caused 23 deaths in Lithuania, 10 deaths in Estonia, 3 in Slovkia and 24 in the Czech Republic.

In Russia's capital, temperatures down to -22 degrees Celsius on February 8 and heat will continue to remain low until the end of the week. Since the beginning of the year, the number of people killed by the cold in Russia has reached 110 people.

Meanwhile, in the Balkan region in Southeast Europe, the number of people killed by the cold is 25 people. In some countries like Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Marcedonia and Mongtenegro, more than 70,000 people are trapped in remote areas due to heavy snowfall.

In Romania, the number of people killed by cold is 41 people. Bulgaria is also severely affected by snowstorms that paralyze traffic in the East and Northeast regions on February 8.

As of February 8, the total number of fatalities from Greece in Greece, Hungary, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, France and Italy is more than 80.

Due to prolonged cold weather in Europe, on February 8, German authorities decided to restart some of the closed nuclear reactors since the earthquake - tsunami in Japan last month. 3 years ago.

According to a spokesperson for Tennet - one of Germany's energy service providers, the prolonged cold price caused strong demand for electricity. Due to the inability to meet the power source in the past few days, service providers have been forced to call for restoration of nuclear power plants to serve people in harsh winter.