LUCKNOW (India): The death toll from South Asia's coldest winter in decades climbed to 1,500 overnight, with no respite from near-freezing temperatures forecast for the next few days in the worst-hit areas.
The cold weather gripping northern India, Bangladesh and Nepal since Christmas killed 47 people in India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, pushing the toll there above 750, officials said.
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