Lamp posts are covered in ice in the Adriatic coastal town of Senj, Croatia. Europeans across the continent have been battling more than a week of extreme weather, with thousands still trapped by snow in remote, mountain villages in the Balkans; hundreds – most of them homeless – dead after temperatures hit as low as minus 33 Fahrenheit; and authorities are now facing the prospect of flooding caused by melting snow. (Darko Bandic/Associated Press) Click image to zoom.