Death toll from Russia cold spell rises to 207

[Ronan Kelly]

Death toll from Russia cold spell rises to 90


Dec 24, 2012 13:53 Moscow Time

Six people, including a child, died as a result of freezing weather in Russia on Sunday, officials said, adding that 120 others were hospitalized.

A total of 90 people have already died from the severe cold spell in Russia. 1,345 more were injured.

Interfax

http://english.ruvr.ru/2012_12_24/Death-toll-from-Russia-cold-spell-rises-to-90/

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Death toll from Russia cold spell rises to 90

Re: Death toll from Russia cold spell rises to 90

Dec 26 2012 11:25AM

Death toll from Russian winter cold rises to 128

At least 128 people have so far died due to an unusually bitter winter in Russia, an Interfax news agency report citing health sources said Wednesday.

About 900 people were being treated in hospital for exposure, the report said.

The latest victims included a man in Orenburg, around 1,500 kilometres south-east of Moscow, and another in Ulyanovsk 900 kilometres east of the capital, as temperatures fell to below minus 30 degrees Celsius. Many of the dead were homeless.
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http://www.thenewage.co.za/75540-1020-53-Death_toll_from_Russian_winter_cold_rises_to_128

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Death toll from Russia cold spell rises to 128

Re: Death toll from Russia cold spell rises to 128

Cold weather in Russia kills 207 people
23 January 2013 | 09:07 | FOCUS News Agency
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Moscow. The cold weather in Russia has killed over 200 people, a medical source told Interfax.
According to the latest results 207 people, including a child, froze to death.
On Tuesday it was reported that the death toll was 189.
The highest number of dead people is in Tyumen Oblast ? 41 people, Chelyabinsk Oblast ? 37 people and Altai Krai ? 24 people. Four people froze to death in Moscow since the cold spell set in.
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