18 DECEMBER 1997. RUSSIA: CLIMATE (COLD WAVE)

CNN reports that the Itar-Tass news agency reported temperature of - 28 degrees (C) and gales (minus 18.4 Fahrenheit) have shocked Black Sea resorts, left without electricity and heat. One person is reported dead. Twenty three people have died in the current cold wave.

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