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16 Killed and Hundreds Injured in Moscow Storm

A local news agency is calling the storm one of the deadliest in more than a century.
Source: Sergey Vedyashkin / AP

Sixteen deaths and more than 200 injuries have been reported following a massive storm that hit Moscow on Monday. Eleven of the casualties occurred in the city itself, while five occurred in the surrounding suburbs. More than 100 people, including nearly , remain the hospital. Russia’s Interfax

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