Extreme floods batter Russia's far east

  • 11 years ago
Authorities in eastern Russia are battling with some of the worst flooding in 120 years, which has already forced thousands from their homes, local media reports say. The Jewish Autonomous Region remains the worst hit: farms and villages, according to Russian television, have been submerged under the floodwaters. Al Jazeera's Peter Sharp reports from Khabarovsk, Russia.

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