Sub-zero spring causes chaos across Europe, US

Freak blizzards and freezing weather over the first few days of spring have hit Europe and parts of the United States, causing fatal cases of hypothermia, power outages and transport chaos. In Poland five people have died from exposure since spring arrived on March 21 as overnight temperatures plunged to a bone-chilling minus 24 Celsius (- 11.2 Fahrenheit). This pushed the total death toll this month to 25. Bad weather has also claimed at least two lives on the British mainland where media have dubbed the unseasonably icy month “Miserable March.” A huge snow storm also wreaked havoc in the US, stretching from St. Louis, Missouri in the mid-west to Washington D.C. on Monday, grounding hundreds of flights.

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