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Russia floods death toll reach 141
The severe flash floods in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region have already claimed the lives of 141 persons as officials continued to discover more bodies overnight.
President Vladimir Putin has flown over the region by helicopter and has had emergency talks with officials in the worst-hit town of Krymsk.
President Vladimir Putin has flown to Krasnodar to personally inspect the damage inflicted by the severe flash floods that have already claimed the lives of 141 persons.
The worst hit area was an area around Krymsk, a town of 57,000 lying about 200 kilometres (120 miles) northwest of the Black Sea resort town of Sochi where Russia will host the 2014 Summer Olympic Games.
A total of 130 bodies have been discovered in the Krymsk district, a Moscow-based spokesman for the police emergency task force told AFP.
11 others died in the Black Sea resort town of Gelendzhik and in the port city of Novorossiisk.
Nearly 29,000 people remain without power across the southern region, the emergencies ministry said.
Officials have not been able to explain the massive death toll, saying only the floods were caused by torrential rains and caught many people in their sleep.
