Heavy rains flood parts of Russia, knocking out power, swamping a Moscow train station, and turning streets into rivers

Heavy rains swept across several Russian regions over the past weekend.

Parts of Moscow received nearly half their monthly rainfall in a single storm that toppled trees, flooded Novy Arbat, Kutuzovsky Prospekt, and other streets, along with underground parking garages and the Leningradsky railway station.

In the Zyuzino district, a resident on a paddleboard helped drivers out of their cars, with water reaching the middle of the doors, according to media reports.

In the Moscow suburb of Mytishchi, water partially submerged an overpass. ...