Death toll in Indian cold snap tops 100

A cold snap sweeping northern India has killed another five homeless people, taking the toll to 101 since the start of December, officials said Sunday.
Most of the fatalities were reported in northern Uttar Pradesh state, India's most populous and one of its poorest states. One-fifth of its population are homeless.
"Five persons including an old beggar woman froze to death overnight. The toll stands at 82," Manoj Srivastava, a government spokesman said in the state capital Lucknow. The cold weather has also claimed 16 lives in the northern state of Punjab and three more in 0neighbouring Haryana since the beginning of December.