Prague - All Europe has been heavily affected by unusually strong snowing and freezing temperatures in the last days, the Czech republic being no exception. The extreme weather conditions have influenced above all rail and road transport, aviation and urban mass transit - there have been calamities, delays, traffic jams and accidents. In addition, some parts of the country have suffered from electricity shortages, while firefighters warn pedestrians against the danger of snow, ice and icicles falling off the roofs.
However, one social group is by its very definition affected much more than the others: the homeless. Aktuálně.cz's fotographer Ludvík Hradílek went to the streets of the Czech capital to document how are the less fortunate of us dealing with the snow calamity.
