in the village of Ilek, the most difficult situation is expected due to floods – Kommersant

Rescuers have been sent to the village of Ilek, Orenburg Region. Now, due to severe floods, the most serious situation in the region is expected in the village. This was stated by the head of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, Alexander Kurenkov, during a meeting with residents of Orsk.

“When we realized that the situation was becoming critical, we transferred the Emergency Situations Ministry here (to Orsk) with the help of aviation. “Ъ”) a group that immediately began to work. And they are still in battle now. They continue to move through the Orenburg region in a kind of rollover and will now be in the village of Ilek, which will have the most difficult situation, in our opinion,” the minister said (quoted from TASS).

By words Governor of the Orenburg region Denis Pasler, the peak of the flood in Ilek will occur in the middle of this week. Additional equipment has already been sent to the village.

In the village of Ilek for protection from water strengthen and build up the dam. It is reinforced with sandbags. The height of the dam was increased from 9 m to 11 m. An additional water-filling dam was installed on top of the embankment at 1 km.

Due to large-scale floods in the Orenburg region, a state of emergency on a federal scale is in effect. Damage to infrastructure amounted to 40 billion rubles, 40% of flooded houses cannot be restored. At the moment, 11.7 thousand residential buildings and 18.7 thousand household plots are flooded in the region.

Read more about the situation in the region in the Kommersant article. “The Urals are adding problems”.

Evgeny Belousov