RSOE EDIS - Situation Update No. 3 : Poland - Cold Wave

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Situation Update No. 3 Posted:2009-12-20, 14:09:09 [UTC] Ref.no.: CW-20091220-24239-POL Situation Update No. 3 On 2009-12-22 at 12:38:02 [UTC] Event: Cold Wave Location: Poland Statewide Number of Deads: 79 person(s) Situation: Ten people have died of cold in Poland over the past day, taking the toll since winter set in earlier this month to 79, police said Tuesday. A national police spokeswoman said that 10 people had been found dead since Monday. The majority of the victims were homeless men who died while drunk, police said. Fifty-two of the 79 deaths recorded since December 1 occurred since Friday, as temperatures plunged to minus 20 degrees Celsius (minus four Fahrenheit). By Tuesday, temperatures had risen to around zero degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit). Police and municipal employees have boosted patrols in areas where the homeless gather, notably public parks and allotments, to try to persuade them to head to special hostels. The death toll is far from unusual in Poland, which regularly faces harsh winter conditions. 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