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11 dead as Middle East battered by hail, snow, and rain

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Source: The Extinction Protocol - 1/11/13

January 11, 2013 – MIDDLE EAST – Abnormal storms which for four days have blasted the Middle East with rain, snow and hail have left at least 11 people dead and brought misery to Syrian refugees huddled in camps. Officials reported that two women were found dead in the West Bank on Wednesday after their car was swept away in floods, while a 30-year-old man froze to death in Taalabaya, in Lebanon’s Bekaa province, after he fell asleep drunk in his car. Snow carpeted Syria’s war-torn cities but sparked no let-up in the fighting, instead heaping fresh misery on a civilian population already enduring a chronic shortage of heating fuel and daily power cuts.

 

Extremes: Coldest temperatures in nearly 50 years leave 80 dead in Bangladesh, while Australia bakes in record highs

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Source: The Extinction Protocol - 1/11/13

January 11, 2013 – BANGLADESH - A cold snap which saw temperatures drop on Thursday to their lowest point in Bangladesh’s post-independence history has killed around 80 people, officials said. The weather office said the lowest temperature was recorded at 3ºC in the northern town of Syedpur and the Red Crescent said hospitals were packed with patients suffering respiratory illness. Shah Alam, deputy head of the weather office, said the last time the temperature had dropped below 3ºC was in February 1968 when Bangladesh was still part of Pakistan.

 

Cold wave claims 23 more lives in north India

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The Times of India - 1/10/13, PTI

NEW DELHI: At least 23 people lost their lives due to cold wave in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand even as temperature in parts of north India soared, a trend that weatherman said will persist.

People in the national capital today woke up to a pleasant morning as the minimum temperature rose more than a degree from yesterday to settle at 5.8 degrees Celsius.

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Drought grips northeastern Brazil

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Aljazeera - Everton Fox, 1/10/13

While SE Brazil struggles with floods and the threat of landslides, the NE is tackling extreme drought conditions

One of the worst droughts in Brazil's history is depriving many dams of the water they need to generate electricity [Reuters]

A state of emergency has been declared across parts of northeastern Brazil where residents are struggling to cope with one of the worst droughts to ever hit the region. This is one of the country’s poorest parts, mainly comprised of farming communities and three years of drought have had a devastating effect on the area.

Brazil has one of the largest water reserves in the world, but in this part of the country, water is a precious and rare commodity. The people of Sao do Egito, Pernambuco have been particularly badly hit and the town’s reservoir has now run dry.

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Cold in China kills about 180,000 cattle, threatens power

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USA Today - 1/10/13, Calum MacLeod

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Australian heatwave nears 50C inland as severe fire threat declared

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The Guardian - Alison Rourke, 1/10/13

Danger rating is two levels down from 'catastrophic' warning after two days of relative cool, but temperatures rising again

Firefighters douse burning logs near Deans Gap

Firefighters douse burning logs near Deans Gap, in New South Wales. Photograph: Greg Wood/AFP/Getty Images
 

Australia is bracing for more potentially dangerous fires, with temperatures on Friday predicted to soar close to 50C in the centre of the country and up to 46C in parts of New South Wales.

Snow: No One In UK Safe As Big Chill Sets In

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Sky.com - 1/10/13

Forecasters predict up to two weeks of wintry weather, with plummeting temperatures and snowfall possible in many areas.

Snow covers a house in Dulverton as a cold snap grips the UK, January 30, 2012

Forecasters say it is difficult to predict how much snow will fall

Icy winds from Russia are set to whip up a fortnight of wintry weather across the UK, with forecasters warning of snow in most parts of the country.

The unseasonably mild start to the year is expected to give way to temperatures as low as minus 5C, caused by an area of high pressure developing over Scandinavia.
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Heavy Snowfall Slams Middle East, 8 Dead

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Weather.com - 1/09/13, Jamal Halaby/AP

A man walks on snow-covered streets in the mountain town of Bhamdoun, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. (Associated Press)

AMMAN, Jordan -- The fiercest winter storm to hit the Mideast in years brought a rare foot of snow to Jordan on Wednesday, caused fatal accidents in Lebanon and the West Bank, and disrupted traffic on the Suez Canal in Egypt. At least eight people died across the region.

In Lebanon, the Red Cross said storm-related accidents killed six people over the past two days. Several drowned after slipping into rivers from flooded roads, one person froze to death and another died after his car went off a slippery road, according to George Kettaneh, Operations Director for the Lebanese Red Cross.

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