A cold snap is keeping Europe in its icy grip, pushing the death toll to 160 as countries from Italy to Ukraine struggled to cope with temperatures that plunged to record lows in some places. Many tourism hotspots in Europe are experiencing low temperatures, with minus 14C in Berlin, minus 17Cin Prague, minus 8C in Paris, minus 13C in Stockholm and minus 20C in Warsaw. Serbia, Ukraine and Poland all recorded fatalities as the mercury sank as low as minus 32.5C.

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