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Dozens dead in Romanian cold snap: report

French authorities warn cold snap leaves elderly at risk
The French are being urged by their government to check up on the elderly to see how they're coping with a cold snap that has all Europe shivering. "Elderly and handicapped people who are isolated and who have problems tend not to go out of the house, and so get fewer visitors due to the cold," said Francoise Weber of the French national health surveillance institute. It reported "a significant increase" in elderly and other vulnerable people being admitted to hospital, as temperatures drop to as low as minus 20 degrees Celsius (minus four Fahrenheit) in some parts of France. In a radio message broadcast since Friday, the health ministry appealed to citizens to show "vigilance and solidarity" and ensure that elderly or chronically ill neighbours are okay. Besides hypothermia and frostbite, cold winter weather can weaken a person's cardiovascular and respiratory systems, leaving the lungs more sensitive to infection, the health institute said.
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 Bucharest (AFP) Jan 10, 2009
 Forty-three people have died in Romania since late December due to the extremely cold temperatures, the deputy secretary-of-state for health, Raed Arafat, announced Saturday.

The dead included a three-month old baby, Arafat was quoted as saying by Newsin news agency.

Romania has experienced a major cold snap, with temperatures dropping as low as minus 31 degrees Celsius (minus 23.8 degrees Fahrenheit) in the centre of the country.

Many of those who died were homeless people, as Romania has few shelters, according to media reports.

Dozens of people have also suffered frostbite and have had to be hospitalised, media reports also said.

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UN agency blames La Nina for Europe's shivers
 Geneva (AFP) Jan 9, 2009
 Icy conditions that have claimed dozens of lives across Europe since November are partly due to La Nina, an upsurge of cooler water to the Pacific Ocean surface, the UN's weather agency said Friday.






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