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A railway worker clears snow from frozen rail points in Malmo's central railway station on December 2, 2010. High winds, snowdrifts and freezing temperatures interrupted train services for a third day in southern Sweden. The freezing weather has claimed 26 lives across central Europe this week, including 18 deaths, mostly of homeless men, since Tuesday in Poland, where temperatures plunged to minus 33 degrees Celsius (minus 27.5 Fahrenheit). AFP PHOTO / SCANPIX-SWEDEN / JOHAN NILSSON

Vehicules are stuck in a traffic jam due to heavy snow falls on December 2, 2010 in Bordeaux, southwestern France. Fresh snowfalls swept northern Europe once again today, causing misery for travellers as airports remain closed, roads were blocked and Eurostar international rail services were cancelled. AFP PHOTO JEAN PIERRE MULLER.

Volunteers of the Medecin du Monde association take a homeless person to a shelter, on the night of December 2, 2010 in a street of Strasbourg, Eastern France, during a night action of the NGO as snow and freezing temperatures severely hit Europe. Heavy snowfalls forced some of Europe's busiest airports to close and wreaked havoc on roads and railways as an unseasonable cold snap swept the continent, claiming at least 15 lives. AFP PHOTO/FREDERICK FLORIN

A truck driver removes snow from a snow-covered parking on December 2, 2010 in Carentan, western France, after heavy snowfall, as freezing temperatures severely hit Europe. Snow and ice in France forced hundreds of drivers to abandon their cars in Brittany and neighbouring Normandy, the two regions hardest hit by the cold snap. AFP PHOTO / KENZO TRIBOUILLARD

A passenger rests on the floor, after heavy snow closed the runway cancelling flights, at Gatwick Airport in southern England on December 01, 2010. Britain's transport links with the rest of the world were disrupted by the early winter snowfall as key airports closed Wednesday and international Eurostar train services were cut. London Gatwick Airport, Europe's eighth busiest passenger air hub, was closed until at least 6:00 am (0600 GMT) Thursday as staff worked on clearing the two runways. TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO / CARL COURT

TOPSHOTS - A worker checks an iced part of a high speed train TGV carriage at the French railway SNCF Eastern European TGV technical center on December 2, 2010, in Pantin near Paris, as freezing temperatures severely hit Europe. Snow and ice in France forced hundreds of drivers to abandon their cars, caused major disruption to flights at Paris airports and shut down half of Eurostar trains to London. AFP PHOTO FRED DUFOUR

A homeless person sleeps under a makeshift shelter on the night of December 2, 2010 in a street of Strasbourg, Eastern France, as snow and freezing temperatures severely hit Europe. Heavy snowfalls forced some of Europe's busiest airports to close and wreaked havoc on roads and railways as an unseasonable cold snap swept the continent, claiming at least 15 lives. AFP PHOTO/FREDERICK FLORIN

Tourists pass by the snow covers the fountain of Latona in the gardens of the Chateau de Versailles, west of Paris, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. Heavy snow and subzero temperatures swept across Europe, killing at least eight homeless people in Poland, closing major airports in Britain and Switzerland, and causing delays to rail and road traffic across the continent.(AP Photo/Michel Euler)

A snow covered train stands at a platform opposite an empty platform at Tonbridge Train Station in Tonbridge, south-east England on December 2, 2010. Fresh snowfalls swept northern Europe once again Thursday, causing misery for travellers as airports remain closed, roads were blocked and Eurostar international rail services were cancelled. The unseasonable cold snap, which has lasted nearly a week, has caused Britain to grind to a halt, with thousands of schools closed and commuters stranded as rail services were cancelled and icy roads deemed unsafe. AFP PHOTO/IAN KINGTON

A homeless person drinks coffee distrbuted by volunteers of the Medecin du Monde association, on the night of December 2, 2010 in a street of Strasbourg, Eastern France, during a night action of the NGO as snow and freezing temperatures severely hit Europe. Heavy snowfalls forced some of Europe's busiest airports to close and wreaked havoc on roads and railways as an unseasonable cold snap swept the continent, claiming at least 15 lives. AFP PHOTO/FREDERICK FLORIN

A woman walks upstairs on the snow in Lyon, central France, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. Heavy snow blanketed much of Europe on Thursday, snarling land transport arteries and delaying flights across the continent. Freezing temperatures were reported in Brussels, Germany, France, Poland and the United Kingdom. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Workers clear the snow from the High Street in Tonbridge, south-east England on December 2, 2010. Fresh snowfalls swept northern Europe once again Thursday, causing misery for travellers as airports remain closed, roads were blocked and Eurostar international rail services were cancelled. The unseasonable cold snap, which has lasted nearly a week, has caused Britain to grind to a halt, with thousands of schools closed and commuters stranded as rail services were cancelled and icy roads deemed unsafe. AFP PHOTO/IAN KINGTON