Thousands of Russians Flee Floods

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ASSOCIATED PRESS
MOSCOW—The worst flooding in 120 years in Russia’s Far East has already forced about 20,000 people from their homes and made it necessary to airlift two captive brown bears to safety, the Emergency Situations Ministry said Monday.
Ministry spokeswoman Irina Rossius said the evacuations were under way in three regions along the Chinese border in the Far East, 5,000 kilometers (3,000 miles) east of Moscow, and some of …
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