The number of those who died from the consequences of strong colds in Afghanistan, which did not subside for more than two weeks – from January 10, reached 166. On Saturday, January 28, the Ministry of Afghanistan reported.
The air temperature has repeatedly dropped to minus 33 degrees Celsius. Frosts were accompanied by heavy snowfalls and icy rains. In a number of areas there were electricity shutdown. According to local meteorologists, this winter is “of course, the coldest in recent years.”
As WHO noted, in one of the villages in the province of Badakhshan in the north-east of Afghanistan since January 23, 17 people died from acute respiratory infections. According to WHO, due to difficult weather conditions, it is difficult to get to this area to employees of humanitarian organizations. The causes of deaths in WHO were also called fires and gas poisoning used to heat the premises.