Nightly News   |  February 21, 2012

Europe copes with bitter cold

Hundreds of people have died across the continent but temperatures are finally starting to warm up. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

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>>> while a lot of americans have been wondering where winter is, the answer appeared to be sadly in europe. it arrived late this year, but it's been brutal. with rivers frozen solid, records amount of snows and deadly avalanches of their own. upwards s s of 600 people have died across the continent. and now the temperatures are starting to warm up. new problems on the danube this week. ice chunks broke apart and several vessels were destroyed. what a