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Extreme cold snap sweeps across Europe

A cold weather system in Europe known as 'The Beast from the East' is taking lives and snarling travel with snow and freezing temperatures.

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Milan

A palm tree is covered in snow in front of the Milan Cathedral on March 1.

Cold weather is claiming lives, freezing fountains and harbors and causing snow in areas not normally accustomed to the winter dusting.

— Flavio Lo Scalzo / EPA
Image: Storm Emma Meets The Beast From The East Bringing Further Snow Chaos To The UK

Scotland

A woman makes her way through falling snow on March 1 in Balloch.

 

— Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images
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Netherlands

Ice skaters glide on natural ice near Zaandam on March 1.

— Remko De Waal / AFP - Getty Images
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Switzerland

A man rides his snowboard on the Rue du Petit-Chene in Lausanne on March 1. 

 

— Jean-Christophe Bott / EPA
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Italy

A person walks through now covered streets in Florence on March 1.

— Maurizio Degl Innocenti / EPA
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Milan

A dog plays in the snow in the Sempione garden in Milan on March 1.

— Miguel Medina / AFP - Getty Images
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Paris

A woman poses in front of the Louvre Pyramid after overnight snowfall on March 1.

— Philippe Lopez / AFP - Getty Images
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England

Snow drifts in fields surrounding the village of Zennor, near St. Ives, on Feb. 28 in Cornwall. 

— Matt Cardy / Getty Images
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Hungary

Snow-covered jetties on the shore of the frozen Lake Pecs at Orfu on Feb. 28.

— Tamas Soki / EPA
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England

The sun sets as snow covers fishing boats left at Priest's Cove at Cape Cornwall near Penzance on Feb. 28.

— Matt Cardy / Getty Images
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England

Snow covers fields near Hayfield in the Peak district of northern England on Feb. 28

— Oli Scarff / AFP - Getty Images
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Venice

Snow covered gondolas on the side of the Grand Canal in Venice lagoon on Feb. 28.

 

— Manuel Silvestri / Reuters
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London

A Household Cavalry Guard stands in the blizzard as heavy snow hits Westminster on Feb. 28.
— Leon Neal / Getty Images
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Switzerland

Children play in the middle of ice-covered rocks on the frozen shores of Lake Neuchatel on Feb. 28.

— Laurent Gillieron / EPA
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London

A postman makes his way through heavy snowfall on Feb. 28.
— Frank Augstein / AP
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Biarritz

Members of the White Bear Association of Biarritz swim in the Atlantic ocean in southwestern France on Feb. 28.
— Iroz Gaizka / AFP - Getty Images
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London

A man walks past snow dusted telephone boxes in London on Feb. 28.
— Peter Nicholls / Reuters
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Denmark

Three crew members were rescued by a helicopter after a fishing boat drifted into the Aggersund Bridge in the Limfjord, in the northern part of Jutland, Denmark on Feb. 28.
— Henning Bagger/Scanpix Denmark / Reuters
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Dublin

Children slide down a hill on plastic sheeting in Rathfarnham, Dublin City, Ireland on Feb. 28.
— Aidan Crawley / EPA
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London

People walk in the snow in Westminster, London on Feb. 28.
— Hannah Mckay / Reuters
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Germany

Snow-covered field in Grofl Stieten, northern Germany on Feb. 27.
— Jens Buttner / AFP - Getty Images
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Spain

A woman walks in front of the snow-covered Puppy sculpture by Jeff Koons during a snowstorm in Bilbao on Feb. 28.
— Luis Tejido / EPA
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London

The skyscrapers of Canary Wharf rise above a snow covered Greenwich Park in London on Feb. 28.
— Jack Taylor / Getty Images
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Germany

Ice covers the piers of Constance lake harbor in Germany on Feb. 28.
— Steffen Schmidt / AP
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Spain

Snow covers la Concha beach ornamental railing in San Sebastian, the Basque Country, northern Spain on Feb. 28.
— Juan Herrero / EPA
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France

A man walks on the partially snow-covered Pyla sand dune in La Teste-de-Buch, southwestern France on Feb. 28.

Photos: 'The Beast from the East' surprises Rome with snowfall

— Nicolas Tucat / AFP - Getty Images
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