The extreme weather conditions battering the south east of Romania have not eased.<br /><br />In Bucharest transport links were paralysed. Authorities said 160 trains were cancelled. Schools have remained shut and over 5,000 power failures have been reported.<br /><br />The port of Contanta has been closed due to the storms. Weather forecasters have warned there is more to come.<br /><br />“We anticipate widespread gales with winds exceeding 80 kilometres per hour and a steady layer of snow forming on top of the existing one which is over 40 centimetres,” said Florineal Georgescu who is the executive director of the National Administration of Meteorology.<br /><br />It has issued a Red Code warning – the most severe – in six areas in the south east. It’s the first time it has been used.<br /><br />Many villages have been cut off with snow ploughs helpless to clear a way through the drifts. The fierce winds have made helicopter flights impossible.<br /><br />Around 5,000 troops have been drafted in to help remove the snow.
