Dozens of homes were destroyed or damaged in Sverdlovsk Region, with 16 people seeking medical help A rare tornado swept through Russia’s Sverdlovsk Region in the Urals on Monday, damaging more than 100 homes, knocking out power lines and injuring residents. The worst of the devastation was reported in the town of Kushva, located roughly 170 kilometers north of Yekaterinburg, where local authorities promptly declared a state of emergency. Footage shared online showed a large funnel cloud