Saturday, 04 February 2012 04:42

East Europe Freeze Death Toll Exceeds 100 as Towns Blocked

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"Russian electricity consumption surged to an all-time record yesterday amid a severe cold spell across much of the country’s territory, OAO System Operator said today on its website. Power use reached 156,964 megawatts as of 10 a.m. yesterday in Moscow with outside temperature at minus 25 Celsius, the Russian power-network administrator said."

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