Europe's death toll from freezing weather hits 360

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http://www.thenational.ae/news/world/europe/europes-death-toll-from-freezing-weather-hits-360

The death toll from Europe's cold snap hit at least 360 with nine new victims in Poland, most of them homeless, and five drowned when a Bulgarian dam burst after torrential rain.

The bitter cold has engulfed most of Europe and even crossed the Mediterranean into north Africa, where as many as 16 people were killed on Algeria's snow-slicked roads or in other weather-related accidents.

Rare snow also fell in southern Tunisia for the first time in some 40 years, media reported, with temperatures well below freezing in some areas of the country and villages cut off.

The rain and snowstorms lashing southern Bulgaria collapsed the dam early yesterday, submerging the small village of Biser under 2.5 metres of water, emergency services said.

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