CNN.COM:
http://www.cnn.com/2001/WEATHER/12/04/russia.cold/index.html
Cold kills dozens in Moscow
MOSCOW, Russia -- Seventeen people
died of exposure in Moscow in the past
week, bringing the winter death toll so
far to 170, a city medical official says.
Igor Elkis, the chief doctor at Moscow's
ambulance station, said 228 cold victims
were treated for frostbite in the past week.
Of those, 221 were hospitalised.
Hundreds of people freeze to death in
Russia every year.
Officials say most of the victims are
homeless people or those who pass out on
the street after drinking.
Overnight temperatures have been as low
as 12 degrees Celsius below freezing for
over two weeks, making a hard life for homeless people.
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