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Warsaw (AFP) - Sub-freezing temperatures
across swathes of Europe have claimed over 60 victims in recent days -- notably
in Poland, Romania and the Balkans -- with migrants and the homeless among the
most vulnerable, officials said on Tuesday.
Six people died in Poland and seven more in
the Balkans over a 24-hour period as temperatures plunged across Europe, while
Romania announced six deaths in recent days.
Authorities in Warsaw said the toll of
hypothermia deaths in the country since November 1 had now risen to 71.
Polish police urged people to help those
most vulnerable, especially the homeless, as the mercury sank to below -20
degrees Celsius (minus four degrees Fahrenheit) in some regions.In Slovakia,
six people have succumbed to the cold weather in recent days, according the
country's Central Emergency Services told AFP Tuesday.
The current deep freeze sweeping Europe has
also killed six people in Romania in recent days, according to first official
figures released by the health ministry in Bucharest.
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