RSOE EDIS: Bangladesh - Cold Wave - 2009.12.29

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2009-12-29 14:33:42 - Cold Wave - Bangladesh EDIS CODE: CW-20091229-24348-BGD Date & Time: 2009-12-29 14:33:42 [UTC] Area: Bangladesh, , Lalmonirhat District, Number of death person(s): 4 Damage level: Moderate (Level 2) Affected person(s): 1500000 Not confirmed information! Description: Four people died in the last few days in Bangladesh's northwestern Lalmonirhat district, some 343 km from the capital city Dhaka, due to cold weather, reported a local media on Tuesday. Quoting local sources, leading private news agency UNB reported on Tuesday that most elderly people in the district have been suffering from various cold-related diseases while many children experienced breathing problems. It said nearly 1.5 million people of the district are passing their days without adequate warm clothes amid the ongoing cold wave with dense fog as they cannot afford to buy warm clothes from the local markets because of higher prices. Quoting chief of the district administration Alauddin Fakir, UNB said 4,500 blankets have been distributed among the cold-hit people in the district. Fakir said a letter has been sent to the authorities seeking more blankets for the distressed people. Posted:2009-12-29 14:33:42 [UTC] Please DO NOT reply to this message: replies may be treated as errors and result in your subscription being deleted. If you have trouble or other queries, send email to havaria@rsoe.hu RSOE EDIS is operated by the National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications (RSOE), Budapest, Hungary. Because of the complexity of this system and its dependence on other systems, we cannot be responsible for delays or failures in forwarding or transmission. You're receiving this AlertMail because you subscribed for the service. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. Contact: havaria@rsoe.hu