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Moscow Morgues Overflowing from Smog Deaths [1]

"The daily mortality rate in Moscow has doubled and morgues are overflowing amid an acrid smog caused by the worst heatwave in Russia's thousand-year history, officials said Monday."

AFP had the story August 9, 2010. [2]

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Source: AFP [2], 08/10/2010
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/moscow-morgues-overflowing-smog-deaths [2] http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Moscow_deaths_double_in_Russias_worst_ever_heat_999.html [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air [5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/europe [6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81