Severe Storm lashes Russian city, emergency declared
Pastor Dale Morgan
Severe Storm lashes Russian city, emergency declared*
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Nov 14 (AFP) Nov 14, 2006
Local authorities declared a state of emergency on Tuesday in the city
of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in far eastern Russia as a heavy storm raged
through the province.
The storm has ripped the roofs off several homes, flooded streets and
disrupted electricity and water supplies around the city of 200,000
people on the southern end of the Kamchatka peninsula.
"The streets are full of water... roofs are leaking in dozens of
homes... the wind is pulling down electricity lines," said Alexander
Arkhipov, a local journalist, contacted by telephone.
Schools have been closed down, flights cancelled and fishing -- one of
the few sources of revenue for inhabitants of the province -- has been
suspended due to the extreme conditions.
Heavy storms are not uncommon in far eastern Russia at this time of year
but are normally accompanied by snowfall and not the torrential rain
seen in the Kamchatka region.