Schools across Kazakhstan closed due to severe frosts

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - On December 27, classes at the schools in the capital and a number of regions of Kazakhstan have been canceled due to biting frosts, Kazinform reports.

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According to the Education Department of Pavlodar, all schoolchildren will have no classed today. In the city, the air temperature reached -35 degrees Celsius, and the wind speed is 2 meters per second.

The East Kazakhstan Regional Education Department informs that due to frosts, classes have been canceled in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Semey, Ridder, Kurchatov, and settlements of 12 districts.

Besides, school classes were also canceled for pupils of grades 0 to 4 in Astana and Karaganda.