Avalanches persist
Twenty-seven villagers! ( died when avalanches swept!) i down on two mountain vil-! pages in the province ofp Bitlis, in Eastern Turkey,! and heavy snow and intense!' ■ cold have claimed lives elseI where in Turkey. The latest ! deaths bring to 121 the numi her of people who have died 1 from cold or have been 1 ‘killed by avalanches since 11 (the cold snap began at the; beginning of January. The') Turkish newspapers report I that 30 children have died! i from measles in a village to I I the north-east of Ankara cut! off bv snow. — Istanbul. |
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Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34083, 21 February 1976, Page 7
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