Kiev, Feb 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Over 60 people have died in Ukraine due to the prevailing severe cold weather since the last weekend, the emergencies ministry said Thursday.
At least 1,146 people suffering from frostbite or hypothermia have arrived at hospitals over the past six days. Some 945 were hospitalized. A total of 63 died of hypothermia, including eight in hospitals, 41 people on the streets, and another 14 in their homes.
Ukrainian forecasters expect cold weather to continue Feb 2, dropping to a night-time low of minus 25-30 degrees Celsius and in some places minus 33 degrees Celsius.
Almost 70 cars and 60 people remain trapped by snowdrifts on the Volgograd-Saratov highway in the Volga region, a spokesman for the regional interior ministry said.
In Georgia, high winds and heavy snow damaged power lines, leaving more than 72,000 customers without power, according to Georgian power distribution companies.
–IANS/RIA Novosti
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