Global Warming Alert: Down to -50C: Russians freeze to death as strongest-in-decades winter hits

http://rt.com/news/russia-freeze-cold-temperature-379/

Russia is enduring its harshest winter in over 70 years, with temperatures plunging as low as -50 degrees Celsius. Dozens of people have already died, and almost 150 have been hospitalized.

The country has not witnessed such a long cold spell since 1938, meteorologists said, with temperatures 10 to 15 degrees lower than the seasonal norm all over Russia.

Across the country, 45 people have died due to the cold, and 266 have been taken to hospitals. In total, 542 people were injured due to the freezing temperatures, RIA Novosti reported.

The Moscow region saw temperatures of -17 to -18 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, and the record cold temperatures are expected to linger for at least three more days. Thermometers in Siberia touched -50 degrees Celsius, which is also abnormal for December.

The Emergency Ministry has issued warnings in 15 regions, which have been put on high alert over possible disruptions of communication and power.

Across the country, heat pipelines have broken down due to the cold. In southeastern Russia’s Samara, the cold has broken down many heat pipelines, leaving hundreds of homes without heating, including an orphanage and a rest house. Many schools and kindergartens have been closed for almost a week.

The cold spell, along with snowfalls, has disrupted flights all over the country, and led to huge traffic jams. In the southern city of Rostov-on-Don some highways were closed due to snowfalls over the past two days, triggering a traffic collapse.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20778779

Freezing temperatures as low as minus 20 degrees Celsius have killed 37 people in Ukraine, 19 of them in the last 24 hours.

Many died of exposure as temperatures continue to plummet. Authorities have set up heated shelters to help save lives.

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the winters in the northern hemisphere get colder and colder..not warmer..and dont give me that fake science bullshit about warming up makes it colder..the AGW extremists want to use every climate event to back their theory..strangely i dont see banki moon or the other disciples crying about the freeze in europe and russia with the same zeal he speaks of droughts in the USA..or even a typhoon in the phillipines..of all places..a typhoon in the phillipines..they get them every year you liars! look at what happened in the 70′s..

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