Dubbed the “Storm of the Century” and “Mega Storm” by Russian media, the severe weather, which has been ongoing since Sunday, has hit Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula annexed in 2014, southwest Russia and the occupied regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia and Kherson in Ukraine, the Russian Energy Agency. According to the ministry.
A man’s body has been found in Russia’s popular seaside resort of Sochi, according to regional authorities.
In Crimea, another person who went to “see the waves” has died, an adviser to Crimea’s governor, Oleg Kryuchkov, told public television.
One person was killed on a boat in the Kerch Strait between Crimea and Russia, and a body was found in Novorossiysk in the Krasnodar region, according to Russian news agencies.
The deaths of four people were announced by authorities quoted by media in Moldova.
Two people were found in a car in the snow near the town of Cascaglia (southeast).
The lifeless body of a 48-year-old man was found in Kruglik (East) village. Another city in Grigoriopol, in the breakaway region of Transnistria.
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