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Index Russia Main Page The Bolshevik Revolution Emergence of the USSR The Berlin Blockade and the Cold War Dissolution of the USSR Financial Crisis and Political Upheaval Putin's Rise to Power Attempts at Chechen Independence Fail A Shocking Hostage Situation, a Move Towards Climate Change, and Radiation Poison Crumbling Relations with the United States Putin Retains Power Conflict with Georgia and the Demise of the Western Friendship String of Suicide Bombs Sparks Fear of a Crackdown by Putin Putin to Return to the Presidency 2011 Parliamentary Elections Spark Massive Protests Russia Blocks U.N. Action in Syria Assassination Plot Uncovered Before Putin Wins the Presidential Election Protests Become Violent Ahead of Putin's Third Inauguration Massive Flood Kills More Than 100 People The Kremlin Takes Action against Political Activists Russia enters the World Trade Organization One Punk Band Member Released as Case Continues to Draw International Attention Russia Won't Renew Weapons Pact with United States Opposition Leader Says He Was Forced to Confess Meteorite Fragments Injure Hundreds

Massive Flood Kills More Than 100 People

In early July 2012, a major rainstorm created massive flooding and killed at least 104 people. One of the worst weather-related disasters to hit Russia in years, the storm unleashed 11 inches of rain along Russia's Black Sea coast. State television reported that it was one of the country's worst weather-related disasters in years. The rainfall was the equivalent to three months in a normal year. Survivors were forced to climb trees or retreat to rooftops.

On NTV television, a woman at an evacuation shelter asked, "Why weren't we warned?" Ilya V. Ponomaryov, an opposition Parliament member asked for a debate over why the death toll was so high. The Russian government had been developing the area along the Black Sea south of where the flood hit for the 2014 Winter Olympics. It remained unclear whether those development projects contributed to the flood's path. The area had been known for floods in the past, but far less severe.

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