Cold is deadlier than heat in Japan, often striking isolated seniors
Cold weather actually causes 1.5 times more deaths in Japan than heatstroke, even though the latter gets more attention from the media, experts say.
Winter exposure threat looms for asylum seekers stranded in primitive crowded camps on Greek isles
Winter could bring death to asylum seekers stranded on crowded Greek islands with only summer tents for shelter, aid groups said on Wednesday, urging a mass relocation to the mainland. More than 10,000 people, mostly Syrians and Iraqis fleeing years of war, have massed on ...
Blizzards and dangerously low temperatures persisted in parts of Europe on Sunday, prompting Pope Francis to draw attention to the homeless suffering in freezing weather. In Serbia, aid workers scrambled to help hundreds of migrants sleeping rough in parks and makeshift shelters. The extreme winter ...
Just weeks ago he was near death, with almost no heart beat and body temperature at 12.7 degrees Celsius (55F.) On Thursday, little Adam, the Polish toddler found last year in subfreezing temperatures, left the hospital, walking by his mom's side, his life saved by ...
Italy: Hypothermia claims 29 of 100 migrants crossing Mediterranean in inflatable raft
At least 29 migrants have died from hypothermia while traveling from North Africa to Italy aboard a smuggler's life raft in heavy seas, the Italian Coast Guard said Monday. The victims were among more than 100 people packed aboard an inflatable life raft who were ...
