another city of a hundred thousand is threatened by an all-drowning flood

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2024-04-15 21:35:08

In the Tomsk region, the water level in the Tom and Ob rivers has risen over the past 24 hours, and the dangerous level has been exceeded at two observation points, the press service of the Regional Main Board of the Russian Emergencies Ministry reported on Monday.

The water level of Tom in the area of ​​the Tomsk river station rose by 14 cm and reached 761 cm (dangerous limit – 750 cm), and in the Ob River near the village of Nikolsk in Krivosheinsk district, this indicator rose by 45 cm and reached 952 cm (dangerous limit – 864 cm).

In addition, flooding of hundreds of homestead plots and residential buildings in several villages and hamlets has been reported. It is believed that in Tomsk on April 15-17 The water level in Tome will continue to rise and may reach a dangerous level of 890 cm in the area of ​​the Sodas campsite. A state of emergency has been declared in the settlements of Kaltai and Zorkalcevskiy villages in the Tomsk district of the Tomsk region, Vyacheslav Chernous, the head of the district administration, announced via the Telegram messaging app.

“Thus, the state of emergency is valid within the borders of Zarechno, Zorkalcevsk, Kaltaiskii and Spask rural settlements,” he said.

Meanwhile, in the Kurgan region, the level of the Tobolo River rose to 646 cm; in just two hours, this figure increased by 15 cm, the regional government said. In addition, the water level is rising in Ketovo, Temliakovo, Lapteva, Kriukovo, Sanatornaya, Baraba settlements in Ketovo district.

“In the Ketovo area – plus 25 cm in 2 hours, in the area of ​​Kriukovo and Sanatornaya settlements – plus 30 cm in 2 hours,” the official noted. The governor of the Kurgan region, Vadim Shumkov, said that in Kurgan, at a six-meter water level in Tobol, flooding of the right bank part of the city will begin.

In the region, more than 300 houses and 570 homestead plots have already been flooded in five municipal districts, according to the Kurgan Chief Board of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. The state of emergency was introduced in the Kurgan region on April 8. The biggest flood in Kurgan was predicted on April 14-15.

Orenburg: more than 5 thousand were flooded. houses and more than 10 thousand plots

The most critical situation in recent weeks has occurred in the Orenburg region. Until April 15 in the morning in the center of the region alone, 10,656 house plots and 5,503 households were still flooded, including 55 apartment buildings, the press service of the Orenburg City Hall reported. More than 1.7 thousand people were evacuated from the flooded areas. people. Meanwhile, the water level in the Ural River at Orsk dropped to 620 cm during the day, and to 1169 cm at Orenburg.

In Orsk there are evaluation commissions that prepare conclusions on property losses. Victims are promised to pay up to 100 thousand. rubles for each family member. 530 conclusions have been drawn up per day, the work is planned to be completed in two weeks, the mayor of Orsk, Vasilijus Kozupica, told Telegram.

Currently, the epicenter of the flood in the Orenburg region is moving to the southwest, towards the Ileka district. From April 4 a regional state of emergency is in force in the region, and from April 7 – federal state of emergency. According to the assessment of regional authorities, the damage amounts to 40 billion. rubles (400 million euros), and the settlements of Orenburg and Orsk were the most affected.

Floods in other regions

Residents of Taganrog were also warned about the possibility of flooding. In the Don estuary, wind-induced water waves may flood the lowlands and coastal areas of the Taganrog region, April 14. Andrey Fateyev, the head of the city administration, wrote to Telegram in the evening. According to him, the highest level of flooding is expected on April 15. afternoon and evening.

April 13 The press service of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia stated that the flood affected 39 regions of Russia, more than 12.7 thousand were flooded. residential buildings and 22 thousand plots of homesteads. Especially many floods were recorded in Bashkiria, Samara, Saratov, Ulyanovsk regions, Mordovia and Tatarstan.

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