The rising water level in the Uda River easily exceeded the level built for 2 billion rubles. Nizhneudinskaya dam according to the Telegram channel Babr Mash.
The dam was built after a significant part of Nizhneudinsk was washed away by floods in 2019. City officials were confident that the dam could stop even a 14-metre high wave, and therefore they believed the city residents could be calm.
However, when the level in the river did not rise to a critical level, the dam passed all the water through itself. Rescuers had to pump water from central streets for more than a day. The mayor of the city, Yuri Moskaev, promised to make a statement about what happened.
It was previously reported as a result of heavy rains. Broken As a result of the dam on the Kruchina River, 127 plots of land with 290 people and 110 houses were flooded.
The prosecution will evaluate the actions of authorized bodies to prevent an emergency and eliminate its consequences. Particular attention will also be paid to how assistance is provided to victims.
Irrigation machine in the Leningrad region before caught fire on the way.