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I'm Levy Dalton.

I'm Erin Scala and here's our show today. Oh, It was a beautiful February day in 1956. The temperature in Provence hovered just below 70 degrees.

Far away, newspapers had reported wonky weather in the southern hemisphere during their winter several months earlier.

In Brazil, for instance, it was astonishing to learn that Salpalo recorded their lowest ever temperature 28.22 degrees Fahrenheit in a place

where the temperature almost never goes below 50. Lunchtime in Provence, though, was business as usual.

Most people going about their day wouldn't have been able to imagine the destruction that would occur over the next 24 hours.

A massive cold front was on its way from the North Pole,

and this, coupled with an unusual set of pressure systems,

was about to create a once in a lifetime weather anomaly.

On February 4, 1956, the Chicago Tribune reports a rising death toll across Europe as cold

fronts from Russia caused major damage. The article paints a very real

picture. Fresh blasts from Siberia swept towards Western Europe tonight to continue the cold wave that has cost more than 100 lives.

From behind the Iron Curtain came hints of a disastrous fuel shortage in the continent's worst winter of the century.

Holland's government called for talks on how to save coal and ordered bonuses to boost output from the mines.

At least 102 persons are dead.

Paris had its coldest February 2nd and 7th. At least 102 persons are dead.

Paris had its coldest February 2nd in 75 years when the temperature dropped to 5 above 0.

Thames River frozen over for the first time in 10 years.

In London, garbage has not been collected in 10 days.

A helicopter flitted over lakes and Suffolk, and freed swans trapped by ice.

Two Britain swam in the sea at Yarmouth. They said it was warmer in the water than out of it.

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