DHAKA: At least 60 have died due to an unusually cold weather that caused record-low temperatures in Taiwan’s greater Taipei area.

The Taipei government said the cold wave that pushed temperatures to a 16-year record low of 4 degrees Celsius (39.2 degrees Fahrenheit) in the capital was suspected in the deaths of 40 people in the capital from Friday through Sunday, reports the sandiegouniontribune.com

A city official says the sudden drop in temperatures caused heart troubles and shortness of breath for the mostly elderly people who died in Taipei.

Neighboring New Taipei City, where temperatures were slightly lower, reported that another 17 people had died because of the cold weather.

BDST: 1132 HRS, JAN 25, 2016
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