Reuters:  KRYMSK, Russia (excerpts) - Floods have killed at least 150 people in southern Russia.  In Krymsk, the worst-hit town, water rose above head-height in some houses and turned streets into raging torrents.

"We were lying there asleep when the water came out of nowhere at 2 a.m., and right away it was knee-deep," said Vitaly Berezhnoi, a cement worker who turned 35 on Sunday.  "We barely managed to pull the children out. The dogs drowned. All our documents were lost - the car registrat...


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