MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian government agency says police have detained two officials for failing to properly warn and evacuate people in a southern region where floods earlier this month killed 171 people.
Russia’s chief investigative body said
Sunday the mayor of the town of Krymsk and the head of the Krymsk
region received warnings about the coming rain and its possible
impact, but failed to organize proper warning and evacuation of the
residents.
Russian officials, including President
Vladimir Putin, have insisted the deaths were caused by an act of
nature, but also admitted that the early warning system in Krymsk was
inadequate.
The flooding in the Black Sea region
killed 171 people after torrential rain dropped nearly a foot of
water.
