RSOE EDIS - Situation Update No. 1 : Romania - Cold Wave

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Situation Update No. 1 Posted:2010-01-24, 19:48:06 [UTC] Ref.no.: CW-20100124-24683-ROU Situation Update No. 1 On 2010-01-26 at 19:57:19 [UTC] Event: Cold Wave Location: Romania Statewide Number of Deads: 31 person(s) Situation: Eight more people died from the cold during the past two days in Romania, reports are saying. The number of victims in the past seven days rose to 31. The Romanian Ministry of Health announced today that the eight deaths occurred in several central, northern, and eastern counties. A record low temperature of minus 32 degrees Celsius (-25.6 ºF) was recorded on Tuesday morning in central Romania. Temperatures plummeted to minus 34.4 degrees (-29.92 ºF) in the central district of Covasna on Monday. The lowest temperatures ever recorded in this part of the country never fell minus 29.5 degrees (-21.1 ºF), reports said. 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