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Russian Federation (the) : Flood : 2012/07/06
GLIDE: FF-2012-000115-RUS  DRR & Disaster Information

Duration 2012/07/06
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Russian Federation (the)
Name Flood
Outline At least 99 people were killed in floods and landslides in southern Russia after two months' average rainfall fell in a few hours overnight.

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  • CNN 2012/07/08
    Russian flooding death toll climbed to 171. 20,000 people are affected and 5,000 homes are flooded, reports say.
  • AFP 2012/07/07
    Flash floods deluged Russia\'s southern Krasnodar, killing at least 134 people in the region\'s worst natural disaster in decades, officials and witnesses said on 7 July 2012.
  • Reuters AlertNet 2012/07/07
    Most of the victims died in or around Krymsk , a town about 300 km (190 miles) northwest of Sochi. The torrential rain hit thousands of homes, flooded railways and roads, and halted oil shipments from the port of Novorossiisk.
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