Ratings killed in Russia flash floods

By the CNN Cord Staff

July 8, 2012 -- Up to date 0022 GMT (0822 HKT)

Flash floods from heavy rain within the Krasnodar Krai area in southern Russia have killed dozens of individuals.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• NEW: A minimum of 141 other people have died within the flooding, govt officers say
• Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the affected areas
• Police to find extra our bodies as flood waters recede within the Krymsk district
• Floodwaters rose sharply and inundated properties as folks slept, experiences say

Moscow (CNN) -- No less than 141 other folks have died as floodwaters surge via southern Russia's Krasnodar region, state-run media pronounced Sunday, bringing up Russia's Internal Ministry.

Of the ones killed, A HUNDRED THIRTY are within the Krymsk district, 9 in Gelendzhik district and within the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk, the ministry said, in step with Russia's RIA Novosti information agency.

The flash floods observe heavy rains seeing that Friday.

Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the affected areas, assembly with native officers and surveying harm from the air.

The Krymsk district is a most commonly rural space with many one-story homes, Russia's state information company Itar-Tass reported.

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Floodwaters rose 7 meters (23 toes) in a single day in Krymsk, the scoop company said, flooding properties even as most of the people had been nonetheless asleep. Others have been rescued by police after in search of shelter on roofs and in trees, it said.

The dying toll has climbed continuously in the course of the day because the waters have step by step subsided, permitting police to search out extra our bodies in flooded homes in Krymsk.

Television photos from the Krasnodar area confirmed scenes of flooded streets, stranded automobiles and those wading thru torrents of knee-deep muddy water outdoor homes.

The state-run Ria Novosti information company stated dozens of passenger trains has been diverted within the area because the water degree is still 19 inches above the tracks.

Krasnodar additionally suffered fatal flooding in October 2010, while torrential rains in mountainous spaces led to rivers to overflow, flooding villages nearby.

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CNN's Arkady Irshenko contributed to this report.

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