Dozens killed by Europe's coldest weather in years 歐洲歷年來最低溫導致多人死亡


Millions of Europeans continued to shiver Tuesday as dangerous cold and bouts of heavy snow hammered the region. At least 61 people have died over the past week as a result of the coldest weather in years.
隨著嚴酷的寒冷和一陣一陣的大雪重擊，讓數百萬名歐洲人在星期二繼續受寒冷的天氣所苦，因為這次歷年來最冷的天氣，過去一周至少有61個人死亡。

The extreme winter weather over a wide expanse of land from the Baltic states and Poland southward to the Mediterranean Sea left villages cut off, caused power and water outages, froze rivers and lakes, grounded flights and led to widespread road accidents, the Associated Press reported.
跟據美聯社（Associated Press）報導，極端的冬季氣候覆蓋範圍廣大，從波羅的海國家（指波羅的海東岸的愛沙尼亞、拉脫維亞和立陶宛三國）和波蘭往南至地中海，讓數個村莊對外斷絕了聯繫、造成電力和水資源短缺、河川、湖泊和地面航班結冰並且導致了頻繁的車禍事故。

A third of the deaths have been in Poland. Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania and the Czech Republic also reported fatalities.
有三分之一的死亡事件是發生在波來，義大利、希臘、保加利雅、馬其頓共和國、阿爾巴尼亞和捷克共和國也傳出了有人因此死亡的消息。

Migrants, the elderly and the homeless have been especially hard-hit, AFP reported. Relief is in sight for many.
根據法新社（AFP）報導，移民、長者和無家可歸的人受到的影響最為嚴重，救援物資已經發送給了許多災民。

The dangerous cold will linger across most of eastern Europe through the middle of the week before temperatures slowly moderate back closer to normal by the weekend, AccuWeather predicted.
AccuWeather預測，本週這嚴酷的寒冷將會逗留在歐洲東部，週末才會緩緩地降回正常溫度。

Meanwhile, snow fell for the first time in 30 years Tuesday in the Albanian coastal city of Saranda, according to EUStorm, a European weather site.
Istanbul also reported about a foot of snow, leading to flight cancellations and school closures Monday and Tuesday.
同時，根據EUStorm(一個歐洲的氣象網站)的資料，阿爾巴尼亞的沿海城市薩蘭達下了30年以來的第一次雪，伊斯坦堡也被報導有被一英尺的雪給覆蓋，導致星期一和二的航班遭到取消以及學校停課。

Warsaw reported a low temperature of 3 degrees below zero over the weekend, the coldest there since February 2012.
報導指出華沙（波蘭首都）週末的溫度是零下負三度的低溫，這樣的溫度是2012年二月以來最低的溫度。

Temperatures plummeted to 13 below zero in the Czech Republic, where at least six people died from the cold, AP reported. Temperatures also plummeted to the lowest level in years in Warsaw, Minsk, Budapest and Moscow, according to AccuWeather.
美聯社報導，捷克的溫度已經降到零下十三度，目前至少有六人死於寒冷的天氣，根據AccuWeather，華沙、明斯克、布達佩斯和莫斯克的溫度也都降到了歷年新低。

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