US EditionTemperatures as low as minus 30C in Ukraine next week may damage crops
- Extremely low temperatures down to minus 30 degrees Celsius will hit Ukraine starting February 1, posing a danger to winter crops, as reported by the national emergency service.
- The cold will affect all regions except southern Ukraine, with relief expected only by February 4, according to the service.
- Severe frosts along with insufficient snow cover could impact crops in central, north-eastern, and eastern Ukraine, according to analysts.
- Analyst Barva Invest considers the current cold spell to be extremely dangerous for winter crops across a significant part of Ukraine.
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Ukraine To Face -30 Degrees Celsius Freeze As Russia Attacks Energy Grid
Ukraine's state weather agency on Thursday forecast a drastic dip in temperatures to as low as minus 30C in coming days, as authorities race to restore heating and electricity services and President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of fresh Russian attacks
Because of Russians' perfidious attacks on the energy infrastructure, many people in Ukraine have no electricity - and worse in winter: no heating. For older people and children, the situation is particularly dramatic. In the coming days, it will become much colder.
'Severe Hypothermia': Ukrainian Frontline Troops Are Battling Extreme Cold
In the Donetsk region near the embattled city of Pokrovsk, Ukrainian troops fight extreme cold amid ongoing Russian attacks. At a trauma stabilization point in the Zaporizhzhya region, medical workers say they've seen cases of frostbite and severe hypothermia.
Because of Russian attacks on the infrastructure, thousands of people in Ukraine cannot heat at severe temperatures, have neither electricity nor running water. Now an even more icy cold front could come.
Temperatures in Ukraine will fall in the next few days to -30°C, warned the weather agency on Thursday, while the country is faced with electricity and heating cuts of magnitude due to Russian strikes. ...
Temperatures as low as minus 30C in Ukraine next week may damage crops
KYIV, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Extremely low temperatures down to minus 30 degrees Celsius (minus 22 degrees Fahrenheit) will hit Ukraine at the beginning of next week, which is very dangerous for winter crops, agricultural analysts and the national emergency service said on Thursday. A sharp drop in temperature will begin on February 1 and will affect all regions except southern Ukraine and the frosts will begin to ease slightly only on February 4…
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