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Almost 1,000 dead from cold snap in Afghanistan: official
Kabul (AFP) Feb 16, 2008 Nearly 1,000 people have died in heavy snowstorms and severe cold during the harshest winter to hit Afghanistan in 30 years, the disaster authority said Saturday. More 130,000 livestock have also died and hundreds of homes destroyed or damaged by the heavy snowfalls, an official at the National Disaster Management Authorities said. "Now we know that 926 people have been killed. Over 200 other people have been wounded in cold and other related incidents such as avalanches and snowstorms," said Ahmad Shkeb Hamraz. Authorities last week reported 760 people had died from the cold and Hamraz said dozens had their hands or toes amputated due to frostbite. More than half of the casualties were reported from the hard-hit western province of Herat and surrounding regions, he added. Authorities said earlier that nearly half the villages in western Afghanistan had been cut off from major cities due to heavy snowfalls, which were two metres deep in some areas. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links It's A White Out at TerraDaily.com
Death toll in China from cold snap reaches 107: state media
Beijing (AFP) Feb 13, 2008The ferocious cold weather that struck southern China over the past month killed 107 people and caused over 15 billion dollars in economic losses, state media reported Wednesday. |
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