Heavy snow and bitterly cold weather have caused scores of deaths and major disruption in parts of Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia and Pakistan.
Some areas have seen snow for the first time in years, with people struggling to keep warm in sub-zero temperatures amid power shortages.
In Iran, heavy snow over recent days has seen eight people frozen to death after being trapped in their cars.
Tens of thousands of other motorists were rescued from their vehicles.
Some desert areas in Iran reported snowfalls for the first time in living memory.
But other countries in the region have been suffering similar problems.
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Central Asian nations have reported unusually cold temperatures.
In Kyrgyzstan, a government agency said 50 homeless people froze to death over the first four days of the new year.
In Tajikistan, people are struggling to keep warm in daytime temperatures as low as -10C, at a time when cutbacks in energy exports from Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan mean electricity supplies have been reduced to a total of about four hours a day.
Heavy snow has also caused casualties in Afghanistan.
XINHUA:
An Afghan man removes snow from the roof of his house on the outskirts of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Jan. 9, 2008. Heavy snowfall over the past three days has claimed more than 20 lives and tens of others were missing in Afghanistan, officials said. The Public Health Ministry announced the state of emergency to provide assistance to the people of the affected areas.
- REPEAT: Some desert areas in Iran reported snowfalls for the first time in living memory.
- REPEAT: Some desert areas in Iran reported snowfalls for the first time in living memory.
- REPEAT: Some desert areas in Iran reported snowfalls for the first time in living memory.
WILL SOMEONE PLEASE TELL AL GORE TO STFU!?!?
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