Thursday, January 3, 2013

Coldest weather in decades hits India; group says 107 dead

Reuters: The coldest weather in northern India for at least 44 years has killed more than 100 homeless people, an aid group said on Thursday. The capital New Delhi saw a maximum temperature of 9.8 Celsius (50 Fahrenheit) on Tuesday - the lowest since records began in 1969. Fog forced cancellation of flights and trains. Low temperatures over the next several days are expected to be 3 to 4 Celsius (37-39 Fahrenheit). Anti-poverty charity ActionAid said it knew of 107 people who had died in northern states...

URL: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/03/us-india-cold-idUSBRE9020HW20130103?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29

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