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Big freeze in Moscow

Moscow: The schools are shut, traffic has ebbed and life has taken a more cautious pace over the sheet ice. There is little you can do but shuffle on, tape up your windows and buy a thicker hat. Temperatures in Moscow on Tuesday plunged to -28C. Three persons froze to death and 14 were taken seriously ill. But, as ever, it will get worse for this city of 12 million. Weather forecasters predict that Wednesday night and Thursday temperatures will plunge to as low as -37C, the coldest in the capital since 1979. Moscow's record low is -42.1, set 66 years ago.

- Guardian Newspapers Limited 2005

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