Posted on 11/27/2023 10:30:37 AM PST by marcusmaximus
Fierce storms killed three people on the Russian and Crimean Black Sea coast on Monday, with hundreds evacuated.
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Video published online showed large waves sweeping over the seafront in Sochi, and carrying away cars. In the Crimean town of Yevpatoriya, streets were flooded.
The Russian-installed governors of Crimea and Sevastopol, both of which Moscow seized and unilaterally annexed from Ukraine in 2014, declared states of emergency.
And the Energy Ministry said bad weather had left about 1.9 million people without electricity on Monday morning in the southern Russian regions of Dagestan, Krasnodar and Rostov, as well as Crimea and the regions of Ukraine that Russia unilaterally said it had annexed last year.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
The port of Sevastopol is a sitting duck.
While hundreds die from smoking and drinking
—”While hundreds die from smoking and drinking”
Probably not so many with the storm due to Russia’s weak logistics.
Cold, hunger, and a lack of antifreeze...
And there’s not much left to burn for heat.
Just saying lots of people Die every day
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