2023 Afghanistan cold snap: Difference between revisions

Temperatures fell to a low of {{convert|-33|°C|°F}},<ref name="AJ">{{Cite news|title=Dozens of people killed as cold wave sweeps Afghanistan|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/18/dozens-of-people-killed-as-cold-wave-sweeps-afghanistan|date=18 January 2023|work=[[Al Jazeera]]}}</ref> with up to {{convert|30|cm}} of snow in the morehigher mountainousmountain regionsaltitudes,<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 January 2023 |title=Afghanistan: Adverse weather forecast across southern and south-central regions Jan. 18 |url=https://crisis24.garda.com/alerts/2023/01/afghanistan-adverse-weather-forecast-across-southern-and-south-central-regions-jan-18 |website=Crisis24}}</ref> directly or indirectly killing at least 162 people in various [[provinces of Afghanistan|provinces]].<ref name=":1" /> At least 140 people using gas for heating were hospitalized for [[carbon monoxide poisoning]] in [[Herat Province]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Afghanistan - Cold wave (DG ECHO, UN, AMD, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 January 2023)|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/afghanistan/afghanistan-cold-wave-dg-echo-un-amd-media-echo-daily-flash-20-january-2023|work=[[ReliefWeb]]|date=20 January 2023}}</ref> Over 77,000 [[livestock]] died due to the weather.<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 January 2023 |title='The Coldest In Recent Years': At Least 70 Killed By Cold Snap In Afghanistan |work=[[Radio Free Europe]] |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/killed-by-afghan-cold-snap/32228999.html}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Popalzai |first=Ehsan |last2=Magramo |first2=Kathleen |date=2023-01-20 |title=At least 78 people die as winter temperatures plunge in Afghanistan, Taliban says |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/19/asia/afghanistan-winter-deaths-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=[[CNN]] |language=en}}</ref> Over 50 houses were damaged across the country.<ref name="ThePrint">{{Cite web|title=Cold wave kills over 100 in Afghanistan|url=https://theprint.in/world/cold-wave-kills-over-100-in-afghanistan/1330797/|work=[[ThePrint]]|date=23 January 2023}}</ref>