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Summary Snowfall and freezing temperatures disturb routine life in southern parts of Poland.
Freezing weather and snow added to the hazards facing drivers as May snowfall and freezing temperatures descended on south-western Poland.Forty-one road deaths were reported with some 400 accidents being reported since the May weekend began. And staying at home was not necessarily the solution either, as 100,000 homes were left without electricity in the Lower Silesia and Opole regions.Temperatures have plummeted as low as zero degrees Celsius in some areas as frost and heavy fog hampered traffic. Traffic has struggled particularly as many drivers had already switched to summer tyres.Power lines also went down in Walbrzych, Jelenia Góra and the Wroclaw area after trees heavy with snow toppled over and cut electricity cables.
