Extreme cold grips Nordic countries as floods hit western Europe https://ift.tt/RgpMWXQ

For the second consecutive day, temperatures plummeted below minus 40 degrees Celsius (minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit) in the Nordic region. In Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka, Swedish Lapland, the mercury hit a bone-chilling minus 43.6 C (minus 46.5 F), marking the lowest January temperature recorded in Sweden in a quarter-century, according to Sweden's TT news agency.