Transbaikalia: reductions prevented the flooding of the flood

Specialists of the Chita Hydrometeorological Center said that they were prevented by the reductions and lack of financing in a timely manner. According to them, a sharp rise in water in the rivers Transbaikalia is not related to the flood and is a flood.

According to the leading hydrologist of the Chita hydrometeorological center Elena Repina, floods are rises in the water level on the rivers, and the cities and villages are heated during flood, and significant damage is caused to the economy. “It was not everywhere that such a rise in water could be predicted. In Shilka, for example, we could not warn this phenomenon, since there is no observation point, there is no connection,” Zab.ru quotes Repin.

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In addition, the Trans-Baikal Hydrologists cannot be more accurate and timely forecast due to abbreviations and lack of funding. According to Repina, every year the observation network in Transbaikalia is reduced, since in the region "there are no industrial enterprises that need these forecasts." “They begin to contact us only when he begins to heat the settlements,” the hydrologist commented.

On July 9, an emergency regime was introduced in Transbaikalia. On July 10, the city and villages of four regions were flooded in the region: Tungokochensky, Karymsky, Shilkinsky and Chitinsky. On July 11, 2860 people were evacuated from Chita, 18 country cooperatives and 14 streets were flooded in the city. As a result, 29 settlements, including Chita, suffered from water in the region. About 5 thousand people were in the flood zone. Significant problems are in transport infrastructure, 13 automobile bridges were completely destroyed. The administration of Chita admitted that they did not warn about the consequences of increasing the river level in Transbaikalia of all residents of the city. This flood has become the largest in the history of observations.