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Bangladesh:Cold Wave:2002/12/23

Duration	2002/12/23	Thirteen people died over the weekend as winter hit Bangladesh, while blinding fog disrupted transportation nationwide
Country or District	Bangladesh
Name	Cold Wave

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Report/Articles Sify,India 2003/01/24 Death toll in cold wave rises to 2,100 .In Bangladesh, the death toll in the country to 727 since mid-December St. Catharines Standard　2003/01/20 Death toll from month-long cold spell in South Asia rises to 1,600 Daily time 2003/01/19 Death toll climbs to 1,500 in South Asia cold wave Deutsche Welle, Germany　2003/01/15 Bangladesh cold wave takes another 79 lives, death toll now 640 Daily Times, Pakistan 2003/01/16 Death toll in South Asian cold wave nears 1,300 AFP news 2003/01/13 Tropical South Asia shivers as bitter cold wave kill nearly 1,200 CNN news 2003/01/13 Death toll nears 1,000 in South Asia's cold spell CNN news 2003/01/12 Death toll tops 700 from South Asian winter OCHA Situation Report No.1 2003/01/09 Almost 300 people have been killed. CNN news 2003/01/08 South Asia winter claims 400 lives ABC Online　2003/01/09 Bangladesh cold spell death toll nears 300 IFRC news 2003/01/03 Thousands of people, suffering from cold related diseases (cold, fevers, pneumonia, asthma, respiratory complications) in the 15 affected districts, have approached medical centres for treatments. There have been more than 240 cold related deaths to date AFP news 2003/01/01 Nineteen more people have died in unusually cold weather in Bangladesh, taking the toll to 179 in nearly two weeks AFP news 2002/12/23 Bangladesh cold spell kills 13

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