In Serbia emergency workers “risked their lives”, according to the electrical grid company EMS, to mend power cables which had been brought down by high winds and ice up to 20 centimetres thick.
Power supplies have finally been restored to the eastern town of Majdanpek, where for three days people had been without electricity, heating or running water.
The local hospital kept going thanks to an emergency generator.
Elsewhere in Europe, there has been similar disruption to daily life.
In Lower Austria many schools and roads have been closed for security reasons. Many people have stayed at home .... http://www.liveleak.com
