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Siberian region faces record bitter cold Friday
 (Itar-Tass) -- The Tomsk region in West Siberia will have to survive record bitter cold on Friday, as temperature is to fall to minus 42 degrees Centigrade, and a storm warning has been announced. Frosts of minus 30 degrees have been reported in the region for a week, causing local power outages due to immense electricity consumption, as residents switched on all the heaters. Houses in nine streets of the regional center of Tomsk, including central Lenin Avenue, remained without electricity on Monday for half a day. Another seven main streets were in blackout for a whole day on Tuesday. Power engineers fear new outages because of bitter frosts, which weathermen said would continue in the coming days. Posted by: Fred 2008-01-19 |
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