Tanks used to clear snowy roads

BUCHAREST, Romania - Romania's prime minister has called in army tanks to clear roads after blizzards left hundreds of people stranded in cars, canceled flights and appeared to derail a train.

Emil Boc said Thursday that 340 people were evacuated overnight from stranded vehicles on scores of roads across Romania. For two, days blizzards have hit the Balkans and parts of eastern and central Europe with as much as three meters (10 feet) of snow at a time.

A train with 123 passengers derailed on icy tracks in southern Romania on Thursday, but nobody was injured. Ten flights to and from Bucharest were canceled Wednesday night, and planes arriving from Dubai, Tel Aviv and Munich were diverted to other airports.