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Event:
CW Cold Wave
Number:
2011-000004
Country:
BGD Bangladesh
Location:
Date (YMD):
2011-1-7
Time:
Duration:
1
Magnitude:
Information Source:
IFRC
Comments:
A severe cold wave with dense fog has been sweeping through all over Bangldesh since 7 January 2011. According to the Meteorological Department the temperature is recorded as 2 to 5 degree Celsius less than the normal average temperature during this time of the year. The cold wave claimed more than 30 lives most of who are children and elderly. Hospitals in the affected districts have reported higher numbers of admissions with cold weather related illness.
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