Frozen Danube River halts transport through Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia and Bulgaria

2/11/12, "Danube closed as death toll grows beyond 500," Gulf Times, AFP

"Hungary closed the Danube to river traffic yesterday because of thick ice, bringing shipping to a near standstill on Europe’s busiest waterway, as the continent’s cold snap death toll reached past 540....Austria, Croatia, Serbia, and Bulgaria, had already suspended river traffic because of the freeze."...



"People look at the frozen Danube river in Serbian city Smederevo, 40km east of capital Belgrade, yesterday" AFP





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