The largest floods in Russia over the past 30 years

On the evening of April 5, in Orsk, Orenburg Region, a bulk dam on the Ural River broke, which led to partial flooding of the city. More than 4 thousand houses, where 11 thousand people live, were in the flood zone. Authorities began evacuating residents. About the largest floods in Russia over the past 30 years – in the material of Kommersant.

August 7, 1994 in Bashkiria There was a break in the dam of the Tirlyansky reservoir and an abnormal discharge of 8.6 million cubic meters. m of water. 29 people died 786 were left homeless. There were 4 settlements in the flood zone, 85 residential buildings were completely destroyed. The damage was estimated at 52.3 billion non-denominated rubles.

May 16 and 17, 1998 near city ​​of Lensk in Yakutia, two ice jams on the Lena River caused the water to rise by 11 m. 97 thousand people found themselves in the flood zone, 15 died. The damage exceeded several hundred million rubles.

May 12, 2001 Lensk was again almost completely inundated due to flooding, which led to death of 8 people. 5,162 houses were flooded. In total, over 43 thousand people suffered from the flood in Yakutia. The total damage amounted to 8 billion rubles.

July 7, 2001 in the Irkutsk region Due to heavy rains, a number of rivers overflowed their banks and flooded 7 cities and 13 districts (63 settlements in total). Sayansk suffered especially. According to official data, 8 people died 300 thousand people were affected, 4,635 houses were flooded. Damage – 2 billion rubles.

In June-July 2002 because of the rains the river overflowed its banks in nine regions of southern Russia, including Kuban, Laba, Belaya, Urup and Sunzha. 114 people became victims, in total, over 380 thousand were affected. 13 thousand residential buildings were destroyed, more than 41 thousand were damaged. The total damage then amounted to over 18 billion rubles. In August 2002 flood occurred in the Novorossiysk region. 62 people died. Almost 8 thousand residential buildings were damaged, the damage was estimated at 1.7 billion rubles.

In April 2004 as a result of flood in the southern regions of Khakassia 24 settlements were flooded (1,077 houses in total). 9 people died. The damage exceeded 29 million rubles.

October 16, 2010 in Krasnodar region heavy rains raised the level of mountain rivers, flooding 30 settlements in the Tuapse and Apsheron regions, as well as near Sochi. 17 people became victims of the disaster, more than 5.1 thousand were affected. The damage was estimated at 2 billion rubles.

July 6−7, 2012 in the Krasnodar region the amount of precipitation amounted to 3-5 monthly norms, which caused severe flooding on the Adagum River near the city of Krymsk. 34 thousand people were injured171 people died and went missing. The city of Krymsk, the village of Nizhnebakanskaya, and the farms of Armenian, Sheptalsky, and Novoukrainsky were hit the hardest. According to the Ministry of Finance of the Krasnodar Territory, damage from the flood amounted to 20 billion rubles.

From August 10 to early November 2013, the south of the Far East suffered from large-scale flooding caused by prolonged intense rainfall, which led to an increase in the water level in the Amur River. Six regions were affected: Amur and Magadan regions, Jewish Autonomous Region, Primorsky Territory, Yakutia and Khabarovsk Territory. About 190 thousand people were affected. The damage amounted to 527 billion rubles. A contract soldier died while providing assistance to the population.

In June-July 2019 major flooding occurred in the Irkutsk region. The reason was prolonged downpours; the most severe flood occurred on the Iya River in the Tulunsky district. The automobile infrastructure in the region was partially destroyed, and traffic along the federal highway R-255 “Siberia” was interrupted. The flood affected ten districts of the Irkutsk region. 109 settlements with almost 11 thousand residential buildings were flooded. At the end of July, the Irkutsk region experienced a second wave of flooding. 58 settlements were flooded, including the cities of Tulun, Nizhneudinsk and Baikalsk. As a result of the flood 26 people died. The authorities of the Irkutsk region estimated the damage at 31.2 billion rubles.