BUCHAREST, Romania ( AP) — The Balkans and parts of eastern and central Europe were hit hard by heavy snow today, forcing Romania’s prime minister to call in army tanks to clear roads and leaving a hundred communities in Bulgaria without power.

For two days, blizzards have covered the area with as much as 10 feet of snow at a time.

Snow in Romania left hundreds of people stranded in cars, forced the cancellation of flights and appeared to derail a train. Some 340 people were evacuated overnight from stranded vehicles on scores of roads across the country, Prime Minister Emil Boc said.

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