A blast of freezing weather called the “Beast from the East” has gripped most of Europe this week, causing more than 24 deaths and bringing snowstorms and icy conditions as far south as the Mediterranean—in fact, parts of the Arctic were warmer than Europe this week. While temperatures are expected to return to normal by the end of the week, people are still struggling to cope with weather conditions, especially in places which haven’t seen snowfall in many years.
Photos: The "Beast From the East" Freezes Europe
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Gondolas covered in snow are moored in Saint Mark's Basin in front of San Giorgio island in Venice, Italy, on February 28, 2018. Venice woke up under a blanket of snow as a Siberian weather front reached Italy. #
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A tourist boat with a restaurant aboard, specially designed for winter river cruises, moves through the frozen Moskva River in Moscow, Russia, on February 27, 2018. Temperatures dipped to negative 14 degrees Celcius (6.8 Fahrenheit) in Moscow and negative 22 degrees Celcius (negative 7.6 Fahrenheit) at night. #
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Members of the Battery Belles and Buoys, a wild sea-swimming group that swims every day in the sea at the Battery Rocks in Penzance take a dip as heavy snow arrives on February 28, 2018, in Cornwall, England. #
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Forest officer Ansgar Pape checks the gigantic icicles and the ice walls during his inspection tour along the Hochwald cave (Hochwaldgrotte) at the Thuringian Forest near Eisenach, Germany, on February 28, 2018. #
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