UK’s coldest spring since 1963 claims 5,000 lives

Campaigners warn weather could prove deadly for thousands more.

• 2,000 extra deaths registered in just the first two weeks of March
• And for February, 3,057 extra deaths registered in England and Wales
• Power cuts and travel disruption expected to continue today
• Pensioners worst affected – and experts say final toll could be ‘horrendous’
• Guests and staff snowed-in at isolated North Yorkshire pub since WEDNESDAY .
• With drifts as deep as four feet in places it is impossible for guests at the Tan Hill Inn to leave the safety of the isolated pub which stands at an elevation of 1,732ft and is 11 miles from the nearest town.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2298246/UKs-coldest-spring-1963-claims-5-000-lives -Pensioners-worst-affected–experts-say-final-toll-horrendous.html

Thanks to Marc Morano for this link