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Deadly cold front continues as dam bursts in Bulgaria

China Daily | Updated: 2012-02-07 08:24

WARSAW, Poland - The toll from Europe's killer cold snap hit at least 360 on Monday with nine new victims found in Poland, most of them homeless, and five drowned when a Bulgarian dam burst after torrential rain.

The rain and snowstorms lashing southern Bulgaria collapsed the dam early on Monday, submerging the small village of Biser under 2.5 meters of water, emergency services said.

Biser Mayor Zlatka Valkova told state news agency BTA three elderly men had drowned in their homes and a massive rescue effort was under way in the village of about 800 people. National radio reported two other people were killed when their car was swept off a bridge.

Deadly cold front continues as dam bursts in Bulgaria

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