The death toll continued to mount, as another three people perished in Poland, taking the number of victims there to 21, most of them rough sleepers. One of the Spanish victims was a 39-year-old homeless man who had been sleeping in an abandoned truck. The Siberian cold front – dubbed the “Beast from the East” in Britain, “Siberian bear” by the Dutch and the “snow cannon” by Swedes – on Thursday forced Geneva airport to announce it was shut until further notice. In Britain, Storm Emma, rolling in from the Atlantic, looked poised to meet the Siberian chill, causing further snowfall and bitterly cold temperatures. The unusually cold weather has also impacted local customs, as the first spring month began.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 01, 2018 15:45 UTC