Temperatures hovering around -27C haven’t stopped 500 daredevils from joining an annual winter Moscow bike parade. These brave-hearts all managed to do it and no one got chilblains!
RT: From Istanbul to Moscow, cold snap wreaks havoc across Europe (PHOTOS)
Bone-freezing cold, heavy snowstorms, and floods have been plaguing the European continent this week, causing power outages, traffic jams, cancelled flights, and even a stream of plastic eggs with toys washing up on a German island.
On Saturday, heavy precipitation paralyzed Istanbul, Turkey. Around 6,000 passengers found themselves stranded as hundreds of flights to and from the city's main Ataturk Airport were cancelled due to the snowstorm.
The Bosphorus Strait was closed to ships due to poor visibility, cutting off the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea from the Mediterranean.
Many drivers abandoned their cars and walked rather than waiting for streets to be cleaned. Istanbul’s metro system operated throughout the night to deal with a sudden passenger spike.
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WNU Editor: Wimps .... Siberians Mock Muscovites for Panic Over Record Freezing Temperatures (Moscow Time). I am up north in the Laurentians of Quebec right now .... -30C tonight .... no big deal .... I experienced worse. The GF has a different opinion .... she wants to be in Hawaii right now.
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It's pretty cold down here in San Diego as well, they are expecting the temp to dip below 60f tonight...
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