Europe Plunges To -34.5C (-30.1F) As Heavy November Snow Sweeps Britain To Bulgaria; Record Coral Cover Exonerates Skeptical Scientists; + Powerful 'Cannibal CME' Inbound

Cold-deaths continue to rise in Europe. "Officials have given grim accounts of where the dead were found."

Extraordinary November chills have been gripping Europe of late, with impressive early-season snow totals to match.

Starting with the cold, thermometers in the Finnish village of Tulppio crashed to -34.5C (-30.1F) this week.

While the daily max in Salla, a municipality in Finnish Lapland, failed to climb above -30C (22F) on Tuesday, reaching only -30.1C (22.2F) which proved record-breaking for the month of November.