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Nearly One Thousand Houses Flooded in Russia

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Nearly a thousand houses have been flooded in Russia from among the 1,430 cities and towns in Russia located in flood hazard areas.

Nearly a thousand houses have been flooded in Russia from among the 1,430 cities and towns in Russia located in flood hazard areas.

© RIA Novosti . Yuri Stretets / Go to the mediabankNearly a thousand houses have been flooded in Russia from among the 1,430 cities and towns in Russia located in flood hazard areas. Photo: A woman on a flooded street at Sukhaya Vyazovka village in the Samara Region.
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Nearly a thousand houses have been flooded in Russia from among the 1,430 cities and towns in Russia located in flood hazard areas. Photo: A woman on a flooded street at Sukhaya Vyazovka village in the Samara Region.
© Photo : Press service of the Kurgan Region’s Emergencies MinistryAs part of the anti-flood campaign ice on the river is blasted and covered with coal dust, which attracts the sunlight and melts it more quickly. Also, the embankments are strengthened, and river mouths are cleared.
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As part of the anti-flood campaign ice on the river is blasted and covered with coal dust, which attracts the sunlight and melts it more quickly. Also, the embankments are strengthened, and river mouths are cleared.
© RIA Novosti . Yuri Stretets / Go to the mediabankThe most difficult situation is in Saratov Region where over 100 houses are flooded. Nearly 300 people have been evacuated in Samara Region and Tatarstan. Photo: A flooded house at Sukhaya Vyazovka in Samara Region.
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The most difficult situation is in Saratov Region where over 100 houses are flooded. Nearly 300 people have been evacuated in Samara Region and Tatarstan. Photo: A flooded house at Sukhaya Vyazovka in Samara Region.
© RIA Novosti . Yuri Stretets / Go to the mediabankAn emergency was declared in one of the districts of Vologda Region over the flooding. The high water levels enable ice floes to damage supports for an elevated gas pipeline, cutting off supplies to nearly 750 people.
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An emergency was declared in one of the districts of Vologda Region over the flooding. The high water levels enable ice floes to damage supports for an elevated gas pipeline, cutting off supplies to nearly 750 people.
© RIA Novosti . Yuri Stretets / Go to the mediabankFlooded houses in Sukhaya Vyazovka in Samara Region.
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Flooded houses in Sukhaya Vyazovka in Samara Region.
© Photo : Press service of Bashkiria’s Emergencies MinistryThe flood situation was also critical in Bashkortostan and in some areas of the Southern Federal District, as Gennady Yeliseyev, Deputy Director of the Russian Hydrometeorology Center, reported on April 11.
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The flood situation was also critical in Bashkortostan and in some areas of the Southern Federal District, as Gennady Yeliseyev, Deputy Director of the Russian Hydrometeorology Center, reported on April 11.
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