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Eleven people died of hypothermia during December 13-21 in Romanian counties Arad, Bacau, Constanta, Neamt, Prahova and Suceava, the country’s Health Ministry said Monday.

Romania's weather administration authority ANM issued Monday code yellow warning of wind and rains, valid between Tuesday morning, 6 am, and Thursday, 12 pm.

Droughts and freezing have damaged over one million hectares of crops in fall and spring, from a total surface of seven million hectares, said Wednesday agriculture minister Ilie Sarbu.

The temperatures in eastern Romania recorded the lowest values in the past two years, between minus 15 degrees Celsius and minus 24 degrees Celsius.