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9 Killed in Fierce Storms in Central Russia

Emergencies personnel work at the scene after stormy winds fell trees down onto a tent campground, at Lake Yalchik in Russia's Republic of Mari-El on July 30, 2023. (Photo by Handout / Russian Emergencies Ministry / AFP)
Emergencies personnel work at the scene after stormy winds fell trees down onto a tent campground, at Lake Yalchik in Russia's Republic of Mari-El on July 30, 2023. (Photo by Handout / Russian Emergencies Ministry / AFP)
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9 Killed in Fierce Storms in Central Russia

Emergencies personnel work at the scene after stormy winds fell trees down onto a tent campground, at Lake Yalchik in Russia's Republic of Mari-El on July 30, 2023. (Photo by Handout / Russian Emergencies Ministry / AFP)
Emergencies personnel work at the scene after stormy winds fell trees down onto a tent campground, at Lake Yalchik in Russia's Republic of Mari-El on July 30, 2023. (Photo by Handout / Russian Emergencies Ministry / AFP)

Nine people were killed in central Russia after strong winds toppled trees and heavy rains disrupted the electricity supply in hundreds of settlements, Russia's Emergencies Ministry said on Sunday.

Seven of the nine were killed and 27 more injured at a camping location near Lake Yalchik in the Mari-El region, the ministry said.

Pictures posted by the ministry on the Telegram app showed cars and tents badly damaged and crushed by fallen trees.

Storms disrupted the power supply in 520 settlements, damaged the roofs of 41 residential buildings and seven buildings that provide social services in eight different Russian regions, officials said.

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US Attorneys General Urge a ‘Peaceful Transfer of Power’

Supporters of former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gather near his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on Election Day, November 5, 2024. (AFP)
Supporters of former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gather near his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on Election Day, November 5, 2024. (AFP)
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US Attorneys General Urge a ‘Peaceful Transfer of Power’

Supporters of former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gather near his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on Election Day, November 5, 2024. (AFP)
Supporters of former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gather near his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on Election Day, November 5, 2024. (AFP)

The attorneys general from 47 states and three US territories urged people to remain peaceful and to preemptively “condemn any acts of violence” related to the results of the presidential election.

The statement, released Tuesday, was signed by chief prosecutors from every US state except Indiana, Montana and Texas. Attorneys general from the District of Columbia and the US territories of American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands and US Virgin Islands also signed.

“We call upon every American to vote, participate in civil discourse and, above all, respect the integrity of the democratic process,” they wrote. “Violence has no place in the democratic process; we will exercise our authority to enforce the law against any illegal acts that threaten it.”

Fears of election violence persist nearly four years after Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump supporters rioted at the US Capitol in an attempt to stop the election certification.

Rather than condemning the violence during his campaign, Trump has celebrated the rioters, pledging to pardon them and featuring a recorded chorus of prisoners in jail for their roles in the Jan. 6 attack singing the national anthem.