The death toll after Monday afternoon’s violent thunderstorms that hammered Moscow has left at least 11 people dead and 50 injured, a spokesman for the capital’s health department said, TASS reports.
He said ten hospitals are providing medical aid to those injured.
Meanwhile, the Russian Investigative Committee said eight people, including an 11-year old girl, had been killed by falling trees in Moscow and its neighborhoods.
"The investigators are examining the sites of the accidents and questioning eye-witnesses," said Svetlana Petrenko, the committee’s official spokesman.
