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European cold spell kills more than 50

Tue, Jan 31 2012 19:00 CET

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European cold spell kills more than 50

A utility vehicle clears the snow from the road in Afumati, near Bucharest January 27 2012.

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Cold weather blanketing much of eastern and central Europe has killed more than 50 people in the last five days.

Emergency services authorities in Ukraine said Tuesday 30 people, mostly the homeless, died as a result of the cold in recent days.

Authorities say another 500 people were treated at hospitals for frostbite and other cold-related injuries. Emergency workers have provided hundreds of heated tents and given food to those vulnerable to the cold temperatures, which reached lows of minus 23 Celsius.

Meanwhile, officials in Poland reported five new deaths Tuesday, bringing the death toll to 15, as overnight temperatures dipped to minus 30 Celsius in parts of the country.

In Romania, the Health Ministry says two people died due to the cold temperatures, raising the death toll to eight since the cold spell began last week.

The freezing weather has caught many Europeans by surprise, as this winter had been unusually mild with spring-like temperatures in many cities.

Source: VOANews.com

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