Seven die in freezing Moscow
At least seven people have frozen to death in Moscow since a cold snap hit the city on Friday, news reports said today.
At least 64 people were admitted to city hospitals suffering from hypothermia, the city’s emergency medical service said, according to the Interfax news agency.
Temperatures plummeted to minus 20c (minus 4F) late on Friday, and the cold spell, unusual for this time of year, was expected to last at least another two days, television weather news reported.
A total of 108 people have died from the cold since early October, Interfax said.
Many of those who die are drunk people who fail to find proper shelter and doze off in the open, medical officials say.
