Cold snap kills 760 in Afghanistan: authority

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KABUL (AFP) — More than 750 people have died in the harshest winter to have hit Afghanistan in decades, the disaster authority said Saturday.

More than 500 homes, mostly traditional mud brick houses, have been destroyed and tens of thousands damaged by the heaviest snowfalls in 30 years, said Ahmad Shkeb Hamraz, an official at the National Disaster Management Authority.

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Bitter cold weather, snow storms and avalanches have killed at least 654 people this winter season, an Afghan official said.

In the latest tally compiled this week, an additional 84 people have suffered injuries, and more than 100,000 cattle have died because of the harsh winter this year, said Abdul Matin Edrak, head of the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Commission.

Again, if we really had control of the Earth's "thermostat", would it make sense to spend $20 trillion to turn it *down* a bit? You know, because that would allegedly make the polar bears more comfortable?