NEW YORK, August 17. /TASS/. At least seven people died as a result of the storm and flooding ravaging the US state of Indiana, The New York Times reported.

The severe weather hit the state on August 11. According to the newspaper, the victims range in age from four to 86. Meanwhile, wind gusts exceeded 44 meters per second (over 98.4 miles per hour) in some areas, and rising water levels broke an 113-year-old record.

According to the poweroutage.us website, more than 125,000 customers in the state remain without power.

Russian air defenses down 822 Ukrainian drones overnight

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Ukrainian drones were intercepted over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Tambov and Tula regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai and the Republic of Crimea, as well as over the Azov and Black Seas

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