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They flooded the city
The flooded Khabarovsk stood in a traffic jam due to the court of President Vladimir Putin, who arrived in the city, reports Amurmedia. The southern district of the city was completely closed. In Khabarovsk, an “incredible number of special services” was observed, the agency reports.
Meanwhile, the regional traffic police department said to reporters that they did not have information about the Putin movement route to Khabarovsk.
Previously, in the city, due to the danger of breaking the dam, traffic along Pinerskaya Street from the final street to Radishchev Street was blocked .
On Friday, at 16:00 local time (9:00 in Moscow), the level of Amur near Khabarovsk rose to 775 centimeters. At the same time, at 8:00 local time, the level of the river was 770 centimeters, at 12:00 - 773. Last week, the mayor of the city, Alexander Sokolov, promised that when Amur reached 780 centimeters, the mass evacuation of residents would begin.
In 50 cities and villages of the region, 1684 residential buildings are flooded, where 5050 people live, including 972 children. Over the past day, rescuers evacuated 230 adults and 111 children from flooded areas.
The flood was damaged by the highway in the area of the village of Svechino near the regional center. A number of sections of the Khabarovsk-Komsomolsk-on-Amur highway are also flooded. Rescuers in jeeps work in the most difficult areas.
The day before, Putin instructed the Investigative Committee to check whether the actions of officials were consistent with the law and instructions in the Far East. He also ordered to create a government commission to eliminate the consequences of the disaster.
On Thursday, the press secretary of the TFR Vladimir Markin said that, in accordance with Putin, the department began to verify the actions of the managers of the Zeisk and Burey Hydroelectric Power Station for compliance with the orders of the regulations of the work of hydraulic structures in emergency situations. The audit is entrusted to the management of the Investigative Committee for the Far Eastern Federal District.