Before the tragedy, the Krymsk authorities reported to the Ministry of Emergency Situations that they “carried out all necessary measures” after receiving emergency storm warnings
The local authorities of the Kuban regions received emergency storm warnings about impending bad weather for two days before the flood and reported that all measures had been taken, told RIA Novosti . Alexander Kazlikin, head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Krasnodar Territory, “Within two days, since July 5, we sent five emergency warnings.