Reports: 99 dead in southern Russia floods

MOSCOW (AP) – Russian news agencies say the death toll in flooding after torrential rains in a southern region has risen to 99.

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  Heavy rains flooded the seafront at Gelendzhik, Russia, on Friday.

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Heavy rains flooded the seafront at Gelendzhik, Russia, on Friday.

The state news agencies ITAR-Tass and RIA Novosti said the figure came from unnamed officials at the Interior Ministry.

The overnight rains dumped as much as 11 inches of water on parts of the Krasnodar region, forcing many residents to take refuge in trees or on house roofs.

The region is about 1,200 750 miles south of Moscow, bordering the Black Sea.

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