Weather

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Bosnians shovel deep snow to clear a path for pedestrians in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. Eastern Europe's unrelenting and deadly cold snap produced another heavy snowfall in the Balkans, trapping people in their homes and cars; causing power outages; and closing airports, railway stations and bus services. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)

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Kayma Pence walks along N street during a snowstorm in Lincoln, Neb. on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. A winter storm warning was issued for parts of western Nebraska and northeastern Kansas and into southwestern Iowa. A band of heavy snow stalled over Nebraska, dumping nearly 13 inches in some spots. (AP Photo/The Journal-Star, Jacob Hannah)

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A traveler treks into Denver International Airport during a snowstorm, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in Denver. A powerful winter storm swept across Colorado on Friday as it headed east, bringing blizzard warnings to eastern Colorado and winter storm warnings for southeast Wyoming, western Kansas and western Nebraska. The storm stretched as far south as New Mexico, where Department of Transportation reported difficult driving conditions on several state highways because of the winter weather, leaving highways snow packed and icy. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, Cyrus McCrimmon)

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K. Hovnanian Homes is building 41 single-family homes on quarter-acre sites at Belmont Crest in Upper Marlboro. The Delaware model, with 3,021 square feet, is priced from $415,990.

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NVHomes is building 70 town homes and 30 single-family homes at Canary Creek in Lewes, Del. The town homes range in size from 1,983 to 2,023 square feet and are priced from $299,990 to $319,990. The Pebble Beach end-unit town-home model is priced from $319,990.

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Hikers take pictures near the frost covered Wendelstein church, Germany's highest church, at 1838 meters (6030 feet) on the Wendelstein mountain near Bayrischzell, southern Germany, on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. A cold spell has reached central and eastern Europe with temperatures plummeting far below zero. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

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Groundhog Club handler John Griffiths holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather-prognosticating groundhog, during the 126th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Phil saw his shadow, forecasting six more weeks of winter weather. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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** FILE ** In this Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, photo, Punxsutawney Phil, the weather-predicting groundhog, stands on the shoulder of one of his handlers, John Griffiths, while looking at his other handler, Ben Hughes, in Punxsutawney, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

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The grounded cruise ship Costa Concordia is seen on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, off the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy. (Associated Press)

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Chris Wolford digs out the driveway of her Fulton, N.Y., home on Jan. 30, 2012. More than 30 inches of snow fell in Fulton during the area's first lake-effect storm of the season. (Associated Press/The Post-Standard)

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A man walks his dog near the Neris River in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, as morning temperatures plummeted to minus 9 degrees Fahrenheit. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

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Inmates from the Jilava prison in Romania are mobilized Monday in 5 degrees Fahrenheit to dig out a snowed-in shelter for stray dogs in nearby Glina. Temperatures plunged to minus 16.6 in some parts of Romania and -15 F in Poland. At least 36 deaths in Eastern Europe were blamed on the cold. (Associated Press)