Flooding in the Angara region: apartment buildings are flooded, hundreds of people at temporary accommodation points

The water level in the rivers of the Irkutsk region continues to grow. 31 settlement suffered from the flood. In the Tulun, apartment buildings are flooded, residents move only by boats. More than 500 people are at temporary accommodation points.

“In total, the element caused damage to the 31st settlement in the Nizhneudinsky, Taishetsky, Tulun and Chunsky districts,” the press service of the Irkutsk government said on June 29. - They are preparing for flooding in the Ziminsky district. In the region, an emergency regime applies. ”

In the affected areas, 32 temporary accommodation points were opened. They already have 561 people, including 161 children. In total, according to the Siberian embassy, ​​3735 houses were flooded, in which more than 9 thousand people lived. 13 bridges were damaged, traffic along the Siberia federal highway is limited, 16 local roads are flooded.

The most difficult situation has developed in the Tulun. The water level in the Iya river exceeded 10 meters at a critical mark of 7 meters. Almost 900 private houses are flooded in which about 1.2 thousand people live.

Residents of Tulun on social networks ask for help. On the published videos it is noticeable that the water has already entered the apartment buildings. The water completely hid the parked cars.

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In the community "incident. Irkutsk "VKontakte is also reported about flooded houses in the Taishet district:“ Water is everywhere, in all houses, at school and [children's] garden. Some houses are completely flooded. The crop is destroyed and domestic animals are dying. But at the same time, the whole picture of floods in the Irkutsk region is not shown on any channel, the Taishet district is generally mentioned in the casual AU, comrades working in the media. Is Syria, Ukraine and the G20 summit, now really relevant news. The whole area was covered with water, and according to TV, Putin, Macron and Merkel, they flicker <...> people evacuate themselves and collect the humanitarian aid for each other, and the state is lucky in Syria and to Ukraine. ”

Governor Sergei Levchenko, Siberian Pol -Chamber Sergei Chanyilo and the head of the Russian Ministry of Emergencies, Sergei Zinichev, are in Tulun. It was originally planned that the headquarters would be placed in the flooded Nizhneudinsk, but the situation in the Tulun district sharply worsened on June 28-29.

According to the forecasts of the authorities, the water level in the rivers of Iya, Teru and White will only grow in the near future. In the Kuitunsky district, a dam was already broken on the Oka River, evacuation has begun - about 300 inhabitants in the flooding zone.

In 40 settlements, almost 27 thousand inhabitants were left without electricity, reports TASS.

Earlier in the Tulunsky district, two people were killed during the flood. They abandoned the evacuation, and tried to swim on the boat on their own, the authorities said. According to the Investigative Committee on the Angara, we are talking about an 8-year-old boy and an 86-year-old pensioner: “Six people, with an independent evacuation from flooded houses, crossed the river on a boat, but at some point it turned over. As a result of what happened, two people have not yet been found. ”

To all citizens whose housing was injured or destroyed, “the necessary assistance will be provided,” said Sergey Avayyllo.

Photo and video vk.com/pvt38, sfo.gov.ru

And these are the consequences of floods in Nizhneudinsk. Photo vk.com/nsk38