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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) 2 (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Sun Jan 12 2003 - 11:18:26 EST

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FULL ARTICLE:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WEATHER/01/11/sasia.cold.ap/index.html

QUOTES:
"DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- A three-week cold spell claimed another 115
lives in Bangladesh and India, where near-freezing temperatures were
aggravated by chilly winds, raising the total death toll to 761, officials
and news reports said Saturday.

Temperatures dipped on Friday night as chilly winds blowing from the
Himalayas swept across northern and central Bangladesh. Sixty-eight people,
mostly children and elderly villagers, died overnight, Ittefaq said.

Thick fog hampered road, river and air transport and stranded thousands of
people at ferry and bus terminals and airports in Bangladesh, transport
officials said.

The lowest temperature of 5.4 C (41.7 F) was recorded overnight in
Bangladesh's northern Rajshahi district. Friday was the coldest day of the
season in Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital, with the temperature dipping to
10.4 C (50.7 F), the meteorological office said.

Winter temperatures generally hover around 18 C (64 F) in this impoverished
tropical country..."

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WEATHER/01/11/sasia.cold.ap/index.html

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