Maps depict widespread events, local conditions may vary.
CURRENT EVENTS
China - Severe weather: Sinkiang. Over 1,500 herders with frostbite.
RECENT EVENTS
w/e 3 NOV 2000
India - Floods: 9 of 17 states in West Bengal. Now over 1,000 deaths.
w/e 17 NOV 2000
India - Floods: In northeast, almost receded.
w/e 1 DEC 2000
India - Floods: E Bengal.
w/e 7 JAN 2001
India - Freeze:down to 4oC . Thick fog and mist. 136 deaths.
w/e 4 FEB 2001
Sinkiang - Severe freeze: down to -45oC. At least 13 deaths from freezing/avalanches.
w/e 11FEB 2001
China - Blizzards: Unusually large, & continuous. Sinkiang. 50,000 herders stranded in deep snow. 16,000 homes crushed. Winter grazing areas covered in up to 70cm snow, temperatures down to -45oC. Many rare animals at risk.
w/e 18 FEB 2001
China - Severe cold: Sinkiang to Inner Mongolia. 38 new babies & 4 mothers frozen to death. 62,000 herders at serious risk.
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