Floods kill six in southern Russia

Six people including an elderly man and woman died in floods in southern Russia, authorities said yesterday, as emergency workers struggled to get food and water to the victims. Flash floods affected parts of the Krasnodar region, including the area around the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, where Moscow hosted the Winter Olympics in 2014.

Russia’s emergencies ministry said it had recovered the bodies of six people while clearing rubble. Two people were hospitalised. Officials opened investigations into the deaths of an 81-year-old man and a 71-yearold woman who drowned separately in their homes.

Another 67-year-old woman was missing after strong currents sucked her into a ditch and carried her away, the Investigative Committee said.