Unusual cold snap strikes North India as death toll rises to 135

Unusual cold snap strikes North India as death toll rises to 135

http://weatherevents.co.uk
January 26, 2012

The death toll in a cold wave sweeping through northern India has risen to around 135, media reports say.

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Police: winter cold kills 127 people in Poland

Police: winter cold kills 127 people in Poland

www.todayonline.com
Dec 27, 2010

WARSAW, Poland – Police say 127 people have frozen to death so far this winter in Poland.

The national police said on its website Monday that eight people have died since Christmas Eve alone.

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Record cold temperatures recorded in Belize

Record cold temperatures recorded in Belize

http://www.guardian.bz
14 January 2010

Near record low temperatures kept Belizeans buttoned down for most of the week following a cold front which crossed the country on Saturday night.

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Arctic freeze and snow wreak havoc across the planet

Arctic freeze and snow wreak havoc across the planet

http://www.timesonline.co.uk
January 5, 2010

Arctic air and record snow falls gripped the northern hemisphere yesterday, inflicting hardship and havoc from China, across Russia to Western Europe and over the US plains.

There were few precedents for the global sweep of extreme cold and ice that killed dozens in India, paralysed life in Beijing and threatened the Florida orange crop. Chicagoans sheltered from a potentially killer freeze, Paris endured sunny Siberian cold, Italy dug itself out of snowdrifts and Poland counted at least 13 deaths in record low temperatures of about minus 25C (-13F).

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This is the frozen north … of the UAE

This is the frozen north … of the UAE

http://www.thenational.ae
January 25. 2009

Snow covered the Jebel Jais area for only the second time in recorded history yesterday.

So rare was the event that one lifelong resident said the local dialect had no word for it.

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Official: bitter cold kills 14 in north India

Official: bitter cold kills 14 in north India

http://www.chinapost.com.tw
January 4, 2009

LUCKNOW, India — A bitter, near-freezing cold has killed at least 14 homeless people in northern India since the new year began, a government official said Saturday.

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Calendar says fall, but for much of U.S., winter is here

Calendar says fall, but for much of U.S., winter is here

http://www.cnn.com
December 16, 2008

(CNN) — A blast of Arctic air Tuesday morning has much of the nation — from the Great Lakes to Oregon and down to Texas — in its cold, icy grip.

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