VLADIVOSTOK, September 7 (RIA Novosti) - Construction workers in Russia's Far East have restored a dam that burst open two weeks ago killing one man and destroying nearby houses, a spokesman for the local emergencies ministry said on Monday.

The dam across the Tumannaya River near the village of Karamken in the Magadan Region burst on August 29 after three days of heavy rain. Nearby homes were flooded, with one man killed and a local woman still missing.

Epidemiologists have been monitoring the water in the Khasyn River downstream, which is rich in fish stocks, and deep wells in two nearby villages. No increase beyond the maximum permissible concentration of harmful substances has so far been reported.

The dam contained a reservoir for dumping tailings from gold mining, including heavy metals and cyanides. The Karamken gold mine has been idle for 15 years.