San Giuliano channel linking Venice to Mestre is partially frozen

The San Giuliano channel linking Venice to Mestre is partially frozen because of unusually low temperatures, in Venice, Italy, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012.

Schools will be closed in Rome on Tuesday, as Italy copes with unusually heavy snow for the Mediterranean country. So far, ten deaths have been linked to winter weather, including two people who were crushed under a collapsed roof south of Rome, and a 91-year-old woman in the northeast port of Trieste who was knocked down by strong winds.

In the north, rescuers had to pluck people from their homes, as piles of snow reached 3 meters (10 feet) in some areas. In Milan, Italy’s fashion and financial capital, temperatures fell to minus 12 Celsius (10 Fahrenheit) on Monday, and the authorities opened a section of the city subway to shelter some 100 homeless people.

(AP Photo/Luigi Costantini)

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