2023-11-28 12:22:43
07:44: “Mega-storm” kills eight people in Russia, occupied Ukraine and Moldova
Violent gusts of wind and giant waves: bad weather described as a “megastorm” left eight dead in Russia, annexed Crimea, other occupied regions of Ukraine and Moldova, according to authorities and media on Monday. Dubbed “storm of the century” and “mega-storm” by Russian media, these bad weather, underway since Sunday, have most severely affected Crimea, a Ukrainian peninsula annexed in 2014, southwest Russia and the regions partially occupied Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhia and Kherson in Ukraine, according to the Russian Energy Ministry.
The body of a man was found in Sochi, a popular Russian seaside resort, according to regional authorities, who recommended the population not to go near the water. In Crimea, another man who had gone to “watch the waves” died, an adviser to the governor of Crimea, Oleg Krioutchkov, told public television.
One person was also killed on board a boat in the Kerch Strait, between Crimea and Russia, and a body was discovered in Novorossiysk, in the Krasnodar region, according to Russian news agencies. The death of four people was also announced by the authorities cited by the media in Moldova.
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