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Russia: Several feared drowned after storm on lake
Moscow, June 19 (IBNS) A strong lake storm hit Karelia in northwest Russia where at least 12 people are feared to been killed on Sunday, media reports said.
Officials have rescued 36 tourists.
"Preliminary reports state that the group consisted mostly of 12 to 15-year-olds, all of them from Moscow, according to the Moscow mayor Sergey Sobyanin," Sputniknews.com reported.
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