Three dead as storm hits Crimea and Russia's Black Sea coast

A view shows a damaged building on a beach affected by a powerful storm in Yevpatoriya, Crimea, November 27, 2023. REUTERS/Alexey Pavlishak

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Fierce storms killed three people on the Russian and Crimean Black Sea coast on Monday, with hundreds evacuated.

State news agency TASS reported that one person had been killed in the resort city of Sochi, another on the Russian-held Crimean peninsula, and a third person onboard a vessel in the Kerch Strait, which separates Crimea from the Russian mainland.