250 Children die in harsh Peru winter as freezing temperatures arrived almost three months earlier than usual
July 15, 2009
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Children die in harsh Peru winter
http://news.bbc.co.uk
12 July 2009
Almost 250 children under the age of five have died in a wave of intensely cold weather in Peru.
Children die from pneumonia and other respiratory infections every year during the winter months particularly in Peru’s southern Andes.
But this year freezing temperatures arrived almost three months earlier than usual.
Experts blame climate change for the early arrival of intense cold which began in March.
Winter in the region does not usually begin until June.
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