14 people died in Poland overnight in bitterly cold weather that has gripped eastern Europe over the past week.
The deaths brought to 175 the number who have died this winter. 71 of the total number of victims were homeless people.
On Tuesday, temperatures reached -35C in southeast Poland and -25C in Warsaw. Last night was slightly warmer, -19C in the capital.
The cold disrupted public transport as buses broke down. In the southern city of Krakow, many inhabitants suffered a temporary cut in heating after a hot water distribution system failed.
Meanwhile, the Baltic states enjoyed milder weather.
The Latvian capital, Riga, saw temperatures of -8C this morning.
About 150 people were hospitalised because of the cold during the last week.
In Estonia, where the coldest temperatures were -8C, the press carried reports of long waits for plumbers by families whose water and sewerage pipes froze.
Two apparently homeless people were killed by a fire they are believed to have started in a deserted house in order to keep warm.
In Lithuania, where the lowest temperature at night was -14C, a few multi-storey buildings remained without heating in the western city of Telsiai after pipes broke.
53 die in Ukraine
53 people have died in Ukraine during the past 24 hours as a result of extreme cold, bringing the number of deaths since temperatures plunged last week to at least 130.
The largest number of deaths was registered in the eastern region of Donetsk on the border with Russia, where temperatures began plunging early last week and where 16 people died during the past day.
Like neighbouring Russia, Ukraine was gripped by severe temperatures starting last week, with the mercury dipping to -35C in some parts of the country.
Four men and a woman died in Bulgaria in the last three days as frigid temperatures gripped the country.
A man was found dead in the region of Varna in northeastern Bulgaria and a homeless woman was found frozen to death in a Sofia neighbourhood.
Local media had reported three other fatalities on Monday and yesterday in Varna, Ruse and Dobrich, in northeastern Bulgaria.
About 90% of the surface water of the Danube river near Silistra in the northeast has frozen.
The cold spell is forecast to continue at least until tomorrow.
Weather disrupts Turkish transport
Air, road and sea transport throughout Turkey are in a state of semi-paralysis after three days of bitter cold and heavy snows, with more freezing weather forecast.
Authorities have barely been able to keep the international airports in Istanbul and capital Ankara open, and many flights to other Turkish cities have been cancelled.
Intemperate weather is forecast at least through Thursday for Ankara, where road traffic had virtually come to a standstill.
And in Istanbul, a city of 12 million, 3,000 city employees were working around the clock to keep ahead of persistent snowfall, expected to double in intensity tonight.
A shelter has also been set up in a sports auditorium for homeless people. Three people have died from exposure to cold since the weekend, Anatolia news agency reported Wednesday.
More than 800 traffic accidents have been reported in Istanbul, and another 300 in Ankara, resulting in 17 deaths and numerous injuries.
Sea lanes between Istanbul and nearby cities have also been shut down, and even ferry transport across the Bosphorus between the city's European and Asian sides has been disrupted.
Some 10,000 small villages and enclaves have been cut off from road transports, and several hundred are without electricity or telephone service.
