| Event: | CW Cold Wave |
| Number: | 2012-000006 |
| Country: | MKD Macedonia |
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| Date (YMD): | 2012-2-8 |
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| Information Source: | IFRC |
| Comments: | The cold weather conditions that affected Macedonia followed by heavy snowfalls and extremely low temperatures in some cities -25 C, have resulted in big traffic slowdown especially in rural areas, lack of food supply, medical assistance, hunger and frosts especially to the homeless people living in the country.
Due to heavy snow falls, low temperatures and strong winds, many mountain villages are without electricity and there are problems with water supply in the following towns: Bitola, Tetovo, Negotino Kavadarci and Kumanovo.
Due to large drifts of snow, several thousand sheep and cattle are directly threatened in some parts of Macedonia. In the period from 30.01 to 05.02.2012, in the critical region of Tetovo were registered 133 people suffering from flu, 44 persons aged 0 to 4 years, 57 people aged 4 to 14 years, 31 people aged 15 to 64 years and 1 person over 65 years
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