Eastern European cold snap death toll rises to 71
<p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="toll">toll</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="severe">severe</span> <span word="cold">cold</span> <span word="spell">spell</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Eastern">Eastern</span> <span word="Europe">Europe</span> <span word="rose">rose</span> <span word="to">to</span> 71 <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>, <span word="most">most</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="homeless">homeless</span> <span word="people">people</span>.</p><p><span word="Temperatures">Temperatures</span> <span word="dropped">dropped</span> <span word="to">to</span> -30 <span word="C">C</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="regions">regions</span>, <span word="causing">causing</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="outages">outages</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="traffic">traffic</span> <span word="chaos">chaos</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="prompting">prompting</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="close">close</span> <span word="schools">schools</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="nurseries">nurseries</span>.</p><p><span word="Urkaine">Urkaine</span> <span word="alone">alone</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> 43 <span word="deaths">deaths</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Emergency">Emergency</span> <span word="Situations">Situations</span> <span word="Ministry">Ministry</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="that">that</span> 28 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="dead">dead</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="streets">streets</span>, <span word="eight">eight</span> <span word="died">died</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="hospitals">hospitals</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="seven">seven</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="homes">homes</span>. <span word="More">More</span> <span word="than">than</span> 720 <span word="others">others</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="hospitalized">hospitalized</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="hypothermia">hypothermia</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="frostbite">frostbite</span>.</p><p><span word="Authorities">Authorities</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="deployed">deployed</span> <span word="over">over</span> 1,730 <span word="heating">heating</span> <span word="shelters">shelters</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="homeless">homeless</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="warm">warm</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="eat">eat</span> <span word="hot">hot</span> <span word="food">food</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="boiled">boiled</span> <span word="potatoes">potatoes</span>, <span word="pork">pork</span> <span word="fat">fat</span> (<span word="a">a</span> <span word="traditional">traditional</span> <span word="Ukrainian">Ukrainian</span> <span word="dish">dish</span>), <span word="tea">tea</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="coffee">coffee</span>.</p><p><span word="Ukraine">Ukraine</span>'<span word="s">s</span> 1+1 <span word="channel">channel</span> <span word="broadcast">broadcast</span> <span word="footage">footage</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="man">man</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="treated">treated</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="frostbite">frostbite</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="toes">toes</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="turned">turned</span> <span word="completely">completely</span> <span word="black">black</span>.</p><p>"<span word="I">I</span> <span word="drank">drank</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="fell">fell</span> <span word="asleep">asleep</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bench">bench</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="woke">woke</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="middle">middle</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="night">night</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="couldn">couldn</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="feel">feel</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="feet">feet</span>," <span word="the">the</span> <span word="unidentified">unidentified</span> <span word="man">man</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="hospital">hospital</span> <span word="bed">bed</span>.</p><p><span word="Hospitals">Hospitals</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="discharge">discharge</span> <span word="homeless">homeless</span> <span word="patients">patients</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="treatment">treatment</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="finished">finished</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="save">save</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cold">cold</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Svitlana">Svitlana</span> <span word="Tikhonenko">Tikhonenko</span>, <span word="spokeswoman">spokeswoman</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Health">Health</span> <span word="Ministry">Ministry</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Unfortunately">Unfortunately</span>, <span word="people">people</span> <span word="continue">continue</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="die">die</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="measures">measures</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="prevent">prevent</span> <span word="it">it</span>," <span word="Tikhonenko">Tikhonenko</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Questions">Questions</span>:</p><p>1. <span word="How">How</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="died">died</span>?</p><p>2. <span word="What">What</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="temperature">temperature</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="regions">regions</span>?</p>
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