Moscow winter. Photobucket.

EDIS Number: CW-20120131-33997-RUS
Date / time: 31/01/2012 18:17:12 [UTC]
Event: Cold Wave
Area: Europe
Country: Russia [Asia]
State/County:
Location: [Eastern region]
Number of Deads: 15 person(s)
Number of Injured: N/A
Number of Infected: N/A
Number of Missing: N/A
Number of Affected: N/A
Number of Evacuated: N/A
Damage level: Heavy

Description:

In Moscow, 15 people froze to death at the weekend, some because of exposure while intoxicated, city hall officials said. Overnight temperatures were -23 Celsius. All schools in Russia's central Siberian Khanty-Mantaisky region were closed because of daytime temperatures of -30 Celsius. Heavy snowfall in Russia's Kuban region, in the foothills of the Caucasian Mountains, left 17,800 people without power and closed airports and major highways. Overnight snow accumulation was 35 centimetres at some locations.