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Open Image ModalPassengers walk on March 13, 2013 by cars covered in snow on the D901 around Beaumont-Hague, northern France, following a heavy snow storm. Blizzard-like conditions -- coming only eight days before the official start of spring -- knocked out power to thousands of people in France and left motorists stranded in their cars. ALAIN JOCARD/AFP/Getty Images (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalA damaged truck stands at the site of an accident at the E71 motorway, nearby the Croatian, Slovenian and Hungarian borders on March 15, 2013 a day after a heavy snow storm hit the area. A cold snap that caused havoc elsewhere in Europe sent temperatures plunging and blanketed large parts of Hungary in snow, causing major transport problems and leaving tens of thousands without electricity. SZILARD GERGELY/AFP/Getty Images (credit:Getty Images)
(03 of13)
Open Image ModalFrom left, Kelly Burrell, Myam Siegler and Callie Mowers watch a wildfire as it burns out of control at Horsetooth Reservoir east of Fort Collins, Colo., on Friday, March 15, 2013. The 40-acre wildfire burning in gusty winds and warm weather was threatening homes west of Fort Collins on Friday and prompted about 50 people to leave the area. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski) (credit:AP)
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Open Image ModalA wildfire burns out of control at Horsetooth Reservoir east of Fort Collins, Colo., on Friday, March 15, 2013. The 40-acre wildfire burning in gusty winds and warm weather was threatening homes west of Fort Collins on Friday and prompted about 50 people to leave the area. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski) (credit:AP)
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Open Image ModalA wildfire burns out of control at Horsetooth Reservoir east of Fort Collins, Colo., on Friday, March 15, 2013. The 40-acre wildfire burning in gusty winds and warm weather was threatening homes west of Fort Collins on Friday and prompted about 50 people to leave the area. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski) (credit:AP)
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Open Image ModalWaves break on Marseille's waterfront, southern France, on March 14, 2013. France's meteorological bureau issued an orange alert warning of winds threatening southern French departments. BORIS HORVAT/AFP/Getty Images (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalDue to a heavy snowstorms, police seal off a section of a highway in the suburbs of Budapest, Hungary, Friday March 15 2013. Winter weather returning to Hungary with heavy snowfall, blizzards, ice and cold has left thousands without electricity, blocked access to several localities, forced traffic halts in major services and caused several accidents across the country. (AP Photo/MTI, Peter Lakatos) (credit:AP)
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Open Image ModalPeople push a car stranded by a heavy snowstorm on a road between Miskolc and Harsany, 155 kms northeast of Budapest, Hungary, Friday March 15 2013. Winter weather returning to Hungary with heavy snowfall, blizzards, ice and cold has left thousands without electricity, blocked access to several localities, forced traffic halts in major services and caused several accidents across the country. (AP Photo/MTI, Janos Vajda) (credit:AP)
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Open Image ModalA man passes a frozen fountain in Duisburg, western Germany, Thursday, March 14, 2013. Western Europe was hit by late-winter snowstorms, causing closed schools, stranded cars and closing airports. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) (credit:AP)
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Open Image ModalAn Albanian man walks through water near the village of Dajc on March 15, 2013. Flooding in north and southern Albania has blocked roads, toppled a bridge and forced dozens of villagers to evacuate their homes. GENT SHKULLAKU/AFP/Getty Images (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalAn Albanian man walks through water in the village of Dajc on March 15, 2013. Flooding in north and southern Albania has blocked roads, toppled a bridge and forced dozens of villagers to evacuate their homes. GENT SHKULLAKU/AFP/Getty Images (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalA man on a skid sleds down an icy road in the12th district of Budapest, Hungary on March 15, 2013 while thousands of people spent that Friday stranded in their cars on Hungarian roads as a severe snowstorm and violent gusty winds overnight caused widespread havoc. The Hungarian Red Cross estimated up to 10,000 people, including many tourists and foreign nationals, were trapped on the M1 motorway overnight and through Friday between Budapest and the Austrian border. ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP/Getty Images (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalPicture of a flooded street of Guichen near Rennes, western France, on March 13, 2013, after the overflowing of the Vilaine river caused by recent heavy rainfalls. DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images (credit:Getty Images)