Severe, prolonged cold in Vietnam: "most hospitals in the region are overloaded with people admitted with cold related illnesses"; nearly 12,000 cattle dead

Severe cold weather to prolong until Tet

The current cold spell in the northern and central regions has stretched for over 18 days and is showing no signs of abating.
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Since early morning heavy snowfall had blanketed the region with some parts showing 5-7cms of ice. Young plants and seedlings seemed crushed under thick snow and ice.
...At present, most hospitals in the region are overloaded with people admitted with cold related illnesses.

Livestock too is suffering from the severe cold and on Tuesday alone, the northern and central regions lost over 2,000 cattle, taking the toll of dead cattle to nearly 12,000. Cao Bang has been the worst hit province with about 2,300 cattle dead.

Hoang Kim Giao, head of the department of livestock production claimed that numerous fish, shrimps and chickens were continuing to die in this extreme cold.