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HUNGARY / BULGARIA / POLAND: Tanks Rescue Stranded Drivers.
The Hungarian Army rolled out T-72 tanks to rescue motorists stranded since Thursday on the M-1 motorway from Budapest to Vienna...after heavy snows and icy weather.
Strong winds and snow drifts were reported...from Bulgaria and Slovakia to Serbia.
Almost 200,000 households in the region lost electricity.
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/15/17327572-winter-storm-strands-thousands-of-motorists-overnight-in-eastern-europe?lite