Missing tourist being searched for after mini-tsunami at Azov coast

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Search operation has continued at Dolzhanskaya Spit (Azov Sea Coast), where tourists were washed away by a surge last night.

As REGNUM is told at Southern Regional Center of Russia’s Emergency Ministry, last night Dolzhanskaya Spit, which is one of most favorite resorts for residents of Krasnodar Territory and Rostov Region, was inundated. According to witnesses, six people were washed away by the surge.

Yeisk Search and Rescue Unit of the emergency ministry managed to find five missing tourists at about 02:00 a.m. The rest one is still missing.

Dozens of cars with non-official holiday-makers were evacuated from the spit. Eleven people and their cars remained at the spit, as they refused to move away. Ten life-guards and a boat were involved in the rescue operation.