In Primorye, due to flooding, a state of emergency was introduced on a federal scale. This was announced by the Governor Oleg Kozhemyako.
In mid-August, the authorities declared a state of emergency on a regional scale. The introduction of the federal level of response, according to Kozhemyako, will allow the region to more quickly receive assistance from the federal center, including financial assistance to eliminate the consequences of a natural disaster.
According to him, due to heavy rainfall in Primorye over the past two weeks, more than five thousand households have been affected. Serious damage was done to agriculture and road infrastructure, social facilities. The total damage so far is estimated at seven billion rubles.
In Vladivostok on August 25, as a result of emergency shutdowns, approximately 70,000 residents were left without electricity, many sections of roads were flooded, and tram traffic was stopped. The city authorities urged residents of the suburb – the Bogataya River area – to evacuate to temporary accommodation centers. The area was flooded due to heavy rains, as well as the discharge of water from the Bogatinsky reservoir.
Controlled discharge of water is also taking place at the Sedanka reservoir. As a result of the rise in water level, Lake Chan overflowed its banks, and the area around it was flooded. In the village of Trudovoye, streets and adjacent territories were flooded, the roadbed of the bridge across the Peschanka River was also damaged.
In the Ussuriysk district, the village of Aleksey-Nikolskoye was flooded due to the overflow of the Kazachka River. Due to overflow, the road to Lazurnaya Bay is closed, in the city of Fokino, water washed away one of the bridges, they write Sibir.Realii with reference to local authorities.
On the morning of August 25, it began to rain in Vladivostok, the Khasan district, Ussuriysk and other areas of the Primorsky Territory. In a few hours, the cyclone brought almost half of the monthly rainfall to Vladivostok, Primhydromet spokesman Viktor Chulkov said.
Typhoon Hanoun raged in Primorye from 10 to 12 August. He caused, in particular, the breakthrough of the dam in Ussuriysk, which protected the city from floods. As a result, during the night in Ussuriysk, the water rose from the height of the first floor to the second and third. About 4.6 thousand houses were flooded. As a result of flooding in the region, according to the prosecutor’s office, six people died.
