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Cold snap in Romania claims two victims
<table class="maindocument" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td height="33" valign="bottom">Cold snap in Romania claims two victims</td> </tr><tr> <td height="25">5 January 2008 | 18:24 | Source: Beta </td> </tr> <tr> <td> BUCHAREST -- Two people died of hypothermia today in Romania, as temperatures plummeted to -27 degrees.
The whole of central Romania was affected by the cold snap which measured from -27 in the town of Miercurea Ciuc in Transylvania to -10 degrees.
Meteorologists forecast that the frost will last until Monday.
The freezing temperatures have paralyzed Romania after three days of heavy snow which could not be cleared because of strong winds.
The hardest hit was the Black Sea municipality of Costanza, where, because of blocked roads, 16 villages were left isolated and nine without electricity.
9000 cases of pneumonia have been registered over the last few days, while the authorities warn of a potential ?flu epidemic.
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The whole of central Romania was affected by the cold snap which measured from -27 in the town of Miercurea Ciuc in Transylvania to -10 degrees.
Meteorologists forecast that the frost will last until Monday.
The freezing temperatures have paralyzed Romania after three days of heavy snow which could not be cleared because of strong winds.
The hardest hit was the Black Sea municipality of Costanza, where, because of blocked roads, 16 villages were left isolated and nine without electricity.
9000 cases of pneumonia have been registered over the last few days, while the authorities warn of a potential ?flu epidemic.
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