The ships sank Sunday during a fierce storm which generated hurricane-force winds and gigantic waves in the Black Sea and the Azov Sea to the north.

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They covered the animals with thermal blankets, black bags and their own clothes to try to protect them from the chilling winds.

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These winds are generated in a swirling mass of matter around the equatorial region of a black hole, the accretion disk.

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