Gulls fly past coastal wave defences which are covered in ice

Gulls fly past coastal wave defences which are covered in ice as the water of the Black Sea is frozen near the shore in Constanta, Romania, Wednesday, Feb.1, 2012. The death toll from Eastern Europe's severe cold spell has risen to 79. Temperatures have dropped as low as minus 32.5 C (minus 26.5 F) in some regions, causing power outages, traffic chaos and the closure of schools and nurseries. The weather is so cold that some areas of the Black Sea have frozen near the Romanian coastline.