INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
administrative capital of the Russian island of Sakhalin, imposed a citywide state of emergency after a monthly norm of rain fell in a
single day.More than 300 homes in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk were submerged by up to a meter of water, Kedr said.Forecasters warn that Typhoon Saola,
which is currently on approach to Hong Kong and southern China, will bring more heavy rains to the Russian Far East in early September.
