Some 65 people hurt in hurricane in Moscow region
13:02, 5 June 2009
MOSCOW. June 5. KAZINFORM. The damages from the hurricane amounted to 350 million roubles in the Moscow region alone, a source in the Moscow regional law enforcement agencies told Itar-Tass on Friday; Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.
The hurricane winds and thunderstorms have broken down the power lines that resulted in electric power cuts in 150 settlements in the Volokolamsk, Mozhaisk, Naro-Fominsk, Odintsovo, Ruza, Sergiev Posad municipal districts overnight to June 4.
Some 65 people sustained slight injuries, 25 of them were hospitalized.
?The approximate damages amounted to about 350 million roubles,? the source said; Kazinform cites Itar-Tass. See www.itar-tass.com for full version.