The “storm of the century”, as the Russian media is calling it, started yesterday Sunday and is affecting mostly Crimea, south-western Russia and the regions of Ukraine partially controlled by Moscow: Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia and Kherson.
Eight people have lost their lives in Russia, the annexed Crimean peninsula, other occupied provinces of Ukraine, as well as Moldova from the severe storms that are hitting the wider region.
The “storm of the century”, as the Russian media is calling it, started yesterday Sunday and is affecting mostly Crimea, south-western Russia and the regions of Ukraine partially controlled by Moscow: Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia and Kherson.
A man was found dead in the seaside resort of Sochi, where local authorities urged residents and visitors to stay away from the sea. Another man was killed in Crimea who “went to see the waves,” as an adviser to the governor, Oleg Kryuchkov, said on public television. In the Kerch strait, between Crimea and Russia, one person who was on board died, while one dead person was also reported in Novorossiysk, in the Krasnodar region.
By early morning, some 1.9 million people were without electricity in the affected areas due to the weather, the Russian Energy Ministry said.
Ukraine is also being swept by a blizzard that has closed highways and left nearly 2,000 communities without power.
Moldovan authorities announced that four people were killed due to the bad weather. The two of them were found dead inside their car which had been covered by snow near the community of Koskalia.
Source :Skai
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