More than a dozen dead as storm sweeps through Russia, Ukraine and Moldova

A view shows a damaged building on a beach affected by a powerful storm in Yevpatoriya, in Russian-annexed Crimea, on November 27, 2023. © Reuters

Hurricane force winds, snowfall and flooding that swept parts of southern Russia, Ukraine and Moldova left at least 18 people dead Monday and almost 2 million without power, authorities said. 

Dubbed the 'storm of the century' by Russian media, the violent weather has lashed the southern regions of Dagestan, Krasnodar and Rostov, as well as the occupied Ukrainian territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Crimea since Sunday.