Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Thousands of Homes Without Power as Freeze Grips Italy


Venice's lagoon is covered with ice on February 6, 2012


Tens of thousands of households are left without electricity while officials declared a gas supply emergency amid frizzing temperatures in Italy.
Temperatures fell as low as minus 10 degrees in Milan on Monday, while 59,000 households remained without electricity throughout the country. “The situation is certainly critical because the flows from Russia and France have diminished but the situation is being monitored,” Economic Development Minister Corrado Passera said .... Read more at http://www.presstv.ir