Death toll climbs in Europe cold snap

Arctic Temperatures Hit Germany
BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 06: A bicyclist rides past the frozen Spree river on February 6, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Temperatures plummeted to -25 degrees Celsius in Berlin as the current cold front that has claimed over 200 lives in eastern Europe makes its way west. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) (Getty Images)

More than 600 people in Eastern Europe have died during a record-breaking cold snap that has brought the heaviest blizzards in recent memory and trapped thousands behind walls of snow, officials said Feb. 15.