Publication Date:
Tue, 2009-01-06 03:00
AL-JOUF: A 50-year-old Saudi man died yesterday due to cold in Turaif. Mutran Al-Bini was brought shivering to hospital by his son.
Freezing temperatures disrupted the supply of water to homes in the Northern Border Province yesterday. Temperatures dropped below eight degrees Celsius in the region over the past three days.
The cold spell has also led the Ministry of Education to delay school opening hours.
A number of people died in the Kingdom last year when temperatures fell below 10 degrees Celsius.
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