Rescue Attempt Underway of 49 Children Caught in Lake Storm in Russia, 11 Dead

According to the Russian Emegencies Ministry, the bodies of at least eleven people were found and eleven more tourists have been saved.

A tourist group of 49 people, consisting mostly of children, has been caught in a strong lake storm in Karelia, northwest Russia, according to the authorities. Preliminary reports state that the group consisted mostly of 12 and 15-year-old teenagers, all of them from Moscow, according to the Moscow mayor Sergey Sobyanin.

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