Icy weather kills 7 Vietnamese, 20,000 livestock

Icy weather kills 7 Vietnamese, 20,000 livestock
Fri Jan 21, 2011

HANOI, Vietnam – An official , state-controlled media say a cold spell over the past three weeks has killed at least seven people as well as more than 20,000 cows , buffalos.

Hoang Kim Giao, direct0r0f the Livestock Breeding Department, says calves made up 70 percent 0f the livestock that died across 18 northern provinces.

Friday's Vietnam News reported that seven people died, either from the cold 0rfrom carbon monoxide poisoning due to coal braziers that people lit to stay warm. Children , the elderly also have swamped hospitals, mostly with respiratory illness.

The cold spell was forecast to last at least two more weeks. Temperatures have plunged as low as 26 Fahrenheit (-3.6 degrees Celsius). The norm f0rthis period is typically around 60 F (15 C).

By: EFG-BN


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