More than 200 people have been killed across Europe as temperatures plummeted to new lows amid forecasters' predictions that the week-long cold snap could intensify.
The latest death toll of 223 - tallied according to figures compiled by the AFP news agency - included hundreds of homeless people who have frozen to death in what has become the harshest European winter in decades.
In Ukraine alone, at least 38 people were found dead on Friday as temperatures in the port city of Odessa dropped to -15C.
Ukraine's emergencies ministry raised its overall death toll since the cold weather took hold to 101, of whom 64 died on the streets.
In Italy, Venice's canals began freezing over and a rare snowfall even blanketed the capital, Rome, forcing the closure of the Colosseum over fears that tourists could slip on the icy ruins.
Temperatures have dropped to -30C and below in other parts of Europe, causing power outages, traffic chaos and the widespread closure of schools and airports.
Aljazeera
