Russia mourns after more than 170 killed by floods

	Russia mourns after more than 170 killed by floods ussian President Vladimir Putin declared Monday a national day of mourning in the wake of devastating, raging floodwaters that tore through streets in the southern part of the country and killed more than 170 people, according to Russian media reports. A Russian interior ministry spokesman told the official Itar-Tass news agency late Sunday that 171 people died due to the floods. A vast majority of these deaths -- 159, according to the interior ministry -- were in and around Krymsk, a city of about 57000 residents where torrential rains spurred waters to surge 7 meters (23 feet) as people were sleeping Friday night. Another 10 died in Gelendzhik district and two in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, Itar-Tass reported. Death toll climbing in Russia floods Floods deluge southern Russia "People just ran from their homes because there was a huge wall of water," one woman told the Russian News Service, a Moscow-based radio station. In addition to the dead, another 320 people sought medical assistance -- 104 of whom required hospitalization -- the emergencies ministry reported, according to state-run RIA Novosti. The day of mourning also will remember 14 Russian pilgrims headed to a Ukrainian monastery who died Saturday after their bus swerved off the road and crashed into a ditch in an accident that was not flood-related, state-run media said. Twenty-nine people survived that crash. Yet the higher toll, and the greatest controversy, involves what has happened in recent days <b>...</b>	From: DownloadSoftwares Views: 0 0 ratings
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