Croatia: Children won't know what an X-ray that doesn't show broken bones looks like

The Guilfordian : Europe braces for more cold weather as Siberian cold front marches south

With hundreds dead, lines of transport cut off and fuel supplies rationed, the whole of Europe is at war — with the weather. Since the end of January, the cold front has claimed over 500 lives in Europe; the Weather Underground rates it as Europe’s coldest outbreak since at least 1991.

...The Croatian city of Split saw a spike in bone fractures in recent days as hundreds of people slipped on icy roads, according to AFP.  Struggling to keep up with the injuries, Split’s hospital ran through a two-year supply of plaster for splints and casts in just five days.