Gulf Times – Europe shivers as travel is halted, death toll rises The death toll continued to rise yesterday in Europe as the severe Arctic cold, blizzards and snowfalls kept a grip on the continent, causing major transport and energy disruptions. For some reason the BBC and papers here don't seem to be highlighting all this climate chaos. Real deaths, real disasters, real costs are not nearly as exciting as the images of us frying in the future. And as ever the best defence against the weather is to be as rich as possible, it is freezing in Warsaw Illinois as well but they aren't dying on the streets as they are in Poland.