Moscow Morgues Overflowing from Smog Deaths

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"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.

Source: AFP, 08/10/2010

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Moscow Morgues Overflowing from Smog Deaths

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