The flood situation in the Tyumen region has once again worsened due to high water in the Irtysh. Regional Governor Alexander Moor announced this in a statement. telegram channel.
According to him, the Irtysh River, filled with the waters of the Ishim River, quickly reaches the Vagai region.
“The first large settlement below is the village of Bolshoi Karagay. Water levels here have exceeded maximum levels in 2016 and 2017,” Moore said.
The head of the region said that at the measuring station in the village of Ust-Ishim in the Omsk region, the 2017 level was exceeded by 80 cm, and this water will also come to the Vagai district.
On May 14, Natalia Krivoruchko, head of the Ob-Irtysh Hydrometeorological and Environmental Monitoring Department, said that the water level in the Irtysh in the Ust-Ishim Omsk region, where a state of emergency was declared due to flooding, exceeded a record number in the last eight years.
May 11 in the Ust-Ishimsky district of the Omsk region washed away An earth embankment of 1.5 km length and 9.5 m height was built to protect against floods. A day later, officials of the Omsk region introduced State of emergency of regional importance in nine settlements of the Ust-Ishim region. From areas located in the flood zone, evacuation has started women and children. Regional head Vitaly Khotsenko noted that although the situation was difficult, it was still controllable.
Previously an official in the Omsk region named “Clowns” of flood victims.
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Source: Gazeta
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