Bulgaria snowstorm death toll up to 7

The death toll from sub-zero temperatures in Bulgaria rose to 7 when a 46-year-old woman was found frozen in a snowdrift. The body of Petranka Vassileva was found Tuesday at a road near the village of Pamukchi, in the Novi Pazar region, in northeast Bulgaria. Bulgaria snowstorm death toll up to 7 She had been missing since Thursday when she set on foot to visit neighbors, the Bulgarian news agency SNA reported. Blizzards and temperatures reaching minus 22 degrees Fahrenheit swept most of Bulgaria six days ago paralyzing air, rail and road traffic and cutting many regions off the rest of the world. More than 300 towns and villages were left without electricity and another 100 places without tap water.

Bulgaria snowstorm death toll up to 7

She had been missing since Thursday when she set on foot to visit neighbors, the Bulgarian news agency SNA reported.

Blizzards and temperatures reaching minus 22 degrees Fahrenheit swept most of Bulgaria six days ago paralyzing air, rail and road traffic and cutting many regions off the rest of the world.

More than 300 towns and villages were left without electricity and another 100 places without tap water.