Monday, August 30, 2010

Geo436.com blog: Moscow death rates ”up 50% in heatwave”

Geo436 MOSCOW: Russia”s health ministry on Monday confirmed that mortality rates rose 50 percent in Moscow during the country”s worst ever heatwave, the first official confirmation of a spike in deaths. “July 2010 in Russia was characterized by abnormally high temperatures that immediately affected growing death rates,” the health ministry said in a statement.


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