A stray dog tries to catch birds on a frozen lake in a park in Bucharest on January 30, 2012. Temperatures plunged to -27 C in central Romania, where at least four people have died due to the cold.
The winter weather, some of the coldest in years, has caused dozens of deaths, hundreds of cases of hypothermia, and widespread disruption.
See the effects for yourself in this GlobalPost slideshow.
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