Iran Press/ Europe: After an extremely hot and dry summer and warm fall seasons, Europe is now gripped by extreme cold, bringing heavy snowfall and floods, with Finland setting a new record temperature of -44.3 degrees Celsius (-47.74 degrees Fahrenheit).
emperatures dropped to a record low of -44.3C in Finland's northwest region of Lapland in the early hours of Friday, the public broadcaster YLE said, citing the country's Meteorological Institute.
The institute noted that temperatures below -42C have only been recorded three times this century.
The extreme weather also caused transportation disruptions in the capital Helsinki and across the country, as the Finnish National Rail Service (VR) suspended train service on dozens of routes.
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