From the article:
“One person is dying every five minutes due to cold weather …”
Flashback:
– UK: Pensioners are burning books to keep warm
– Snow to fall in London as bitterly cold weather grips Britain (Telegraph, Feb. 2, 2012):
London is set to see its first significant snowfall today as the bitter cold snap continues to grip Britain.
Daytime temperatures have plummeted four or five degrees lower than average for February which istraditionally the coldest month of the year.
Forecasters said London faces its first settling snow of winter today as flurries move as far south as Kent. Parts of London saw flakes fall on December 17, but they did not settle.
Half an inch of snow was due overnight in East Anglia and north-east Scotland, amid more widespread -7C temperatures.
Anywhere in Britain could see snow on Saturday and Sunday as snow and rain sweeps the country from the north-west, with the Met Office warning of possible “significant” snow in the midlands and east.
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