DHAKA: As fierce winds swept in from the Himalayas, the death toll from a month-long cold spell rose to at least 986 people in northern India, Nepal and Bangladesh, officials said yesterday.
Bangladesh, where at least 50 mostly elderly women and children died on Sunday, has been hardest hit with 590 people dead from the cold since the temperatures dropped last month.
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