Lower temperatures trigger higher gas imports for Romania

Romania has to import an additional 0.7 million cubic meters of natural gas for each additional degree below zero.

Oh good grief! Climate change a fundamental health risk: academic | JunkScience.com

No, humanity’s real risk is severe cooling, which will make life very difficult indeed but claiming that the absurd output of climate models indicates any risk to us, much less that “prompt action on climate change is paramount to our survival on earth” is not merely absurd but utterly irresponsible fear-mongering.

Fatal freeze as Bulgaria faces further ‘Code Orange’ weather warning - Bulgaria - The Sofia Echo

Bulgaria faced another day of record low temperatures on January 31 2012, with a "Code Orange" weather warning in force for the whole country and with the severe weather having claimed two lives the previous day.

Cold wave maintains grip over N China|Society|chinadaily.com.cn

On Sunday, minimum temperatures in the city of Manzhouli in Inner Mongolia reached a record low of minus 44.9 degrees Celsius.

Low temperatures, snow paralize Serbia, claim victims :: EMG :: Business news from Serbia 2010

Some municipalities in Serbia are cut off and unreachable due to the bitter cold, with temperatures in some areas dropping below minus 20 degrees Celsius, and the cold has claimed its first victims.

Serbian Emergency Situation Sector head Predrag Maric said a search was in progress for two elderly people on Mt Suvobor, presumed to have died in big snow drifts, but that it was advancing with difficulty.