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Close to 100 die from cold in Poland

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Peter Gentle 10.02.2012 13:46
Five more people died of hypothermia, last night, reports the Interior Ministry, bringing the death toll from the deep freeze in Poland to 97.
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Krakow in the deep freeze: photo - PAP/Stanisław Rozpędzik

Government Security Centre says that most of those who froze in the night were homeless, as temperatures dropped to minus 23 degrees Celsius in parts of the country.

Elsewhere in Europe, at least 28 have died from the cold in Bulgaria and 25 in the Czech Republic.

In total, close to 500 people have lost their lives due to record cold temperatures across Europe. (pg)

source: IAR/AFP

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