Over 100 dead as cold grips Europe pressure

WARSAW (AFP) - A cold snap in Europe kept their grip of ice on Thursday, bringing the death toll past 110 countries from France to Ukraine struggled to cope with temperatures reaching record highs in some places.

Another nine people were killed in Poland during the night when temperatures fell below 32 º C in the south-west, bringing the death toll to 29 from the freezer began last week, the national police said.

In Ukraine, tens of thousands of people have turned to shelters trying to escape the icy Emergencies Ministry said it has killed 63 people.

More than 30 people have died in other parts of Europe due to the drop of mercury from the beginning of the supplement, according to an AFP count.