Sunday, April 17, 2016

On the territory of the Vologda region due to high water entered emergency mode – RIA Novosti

Great Ustyug, April 17. mode “emergency” is introduced throughout the Vologda region in connection with the difficult flood situation, the head of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia Vladimir Puchkov.

 MOE staff are working to eliminate flooding.  Archival photo

© Photo: courtesy of EMERCOM of Russia in the Tyumen region

from Thursday in connection with the beginning of the ice and the danger of flooding was introduced emergency mode in Veliky district, Vologda region. Currently, the water level is 911 centimeters (960 cm at the critical). 1350 Pridvorova flooded areas. The temporary accommodation centers are 76 people, including 19 children. On Sunday, the region came Minister of Emergency Situations.

“Enter the emergency mode throughout the territory of the Vologda region, strengthen the grouping of forces and means”, -. He said at a meeting of the Commission for Emergency Situations

Emergencies Minister appealed to the leadership of the neighboring Arkhangelsk region in a timely manner to enter emergency mode . “Where there are risks of flooding, take a decision on the introduction of emergency regime”, -. Entered Tufts

As reported to the head of Ministry of Emergency Situations governor of the Vologda region Oleg Kuvshinnikov, to the critical water level in the river in the Great Ustyug left 50 cm in the inundation zone. there are 1.4 thousand houses. “The number of flooded houses is increasing due to the fact that the (ice) congestion is already more than two days,” – said Kuvshinnikov.

Puchkov stressed in turn that the situation is monitored every hour. “I set the task of the chief of the Main Directorate of Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Vologda region to use new technology, including unmanned aerial vehicles and space monitoring capabilities,” – he said,

In this regard, he demanded from the National Center for Crisis Management. . situations to send all the information obtained from the satellite monitoring, in the Great Ustyug

“. The situation is complicated strengthens the territory of the grouping of forces involved in the fight against rampant disaster,” – wrote Kuvshinnikov in his Twitter

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