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Europe shivers on New Year's Eve



LONDON, England -- New Year revellers across Europe are expected to welcome in a freezing 2002, with forecasters warning that the cold snap will last for the next few days.

Galen Crader, from the CNN Weather Center, said much of eastern Europe would probably see snowfalls on New Year's Day.

More than 230 people have frozen to death in Moscow alone since the beginning of winter, and, with the temperature expected to stay at record-low levels, the death toll is expected to rise.

Scotland, which draws thousands of partygoers to Hogmanay festivities, was braced for temperatures expected to fall to minus five Celsius (23 Fahrenheit) overnight, the Met Office said on Monday.

Revellers in London and other European cities are unlikely to fare much better. "Most places across Britain will be clear and frosty, with severe frost in places and some freezing fog," a spokesman said.

Heavy snowfall across the French Alps raised the risk of avalanches on Monday, after a spate of skiing accidents, including one death, caused by snowslides, officials told The Associated Press.

A woman in her 20s died on Sunday at the Tignes ski resort when she left a marked trail and an avalanche struck, mountain police from the Savoie region said.



 
 
 
 


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