Angry “Layonrok”: how much damage inflicted Primorye strongest typhoon in 40 years – RBC

flooding due to typhoon” Layonrok ‘house in Ussuriysk

Photo: Yuri Smityuk / TASS

As a result of the typhoon “Layonrok” in Primorye, were evacuated about one thousand people, It flooded more than 3 thousand. homes and lost his life at the head of EMERCOM Primorye administration. The damage from the typhoon was 1.2 billion rubles.

The most destructive

29 August Primor typhoon hit “Layonrok” who came from the Sea of ​​Japan after a powerful cyclone. A few days in the region had the three-month rainfall, most of all – in the Khasan, Kavalerovo Terneisky and municipalities. Podtopilo more than 3,260 homes in 13 municipalities in 1086 adjoining areas, flooded road sections with a total length of 30.5 km, the press service of the Far Eastern regional center of the Russian Emergencies Ministry. The region has entered emergency mode at the federal level.

The effects of typhoon “Layonrok” became the most devastating for the Maritime region for the past 40 years, said the head of the TASS Chuguevsky region Anatoliy Baskakov. Destruction twice the volume of the effects of typhoon “Judy”, struck the region in 1989.

Now remain cut off about 40 thousand. People in two large regional centers, reported the governor of Primorye president. With 19 settlements there is no connection, and in 51 the village there is no electricity. Because of flooding places evacuated a thousand people, the press-service of administration of Primorye.

In the course of the rescue operation to help the residents of District 2 September Chuguevsky killed the head of the regional Emergency Situations Ministry Oleg Fedyura management. According Primamedia agency, “KamAZ” with rescuers carried away the water while crossing the river. In connection with the death Fedyury Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under part 1 of article 109 of the Criminal Code (causing death by negligence). Including due Fedyury death in the next few days may be deprived of his post Minister of Emergency Situations Vladimir Puchkov wrote, “Novaya Gazeta”, citing unnamed sources. However, the president’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov called the RBC this information, “rumors and speculation».

Forecasters announced a new storm warning in Primorye, transmits TASS. Rainfall in the region is expected from 4 to 6 September. By the Primorsky Territory approached the new typhoon – “Namteun”, in the south of the region the rains began. “The rain, which started recently in Vladivostok, can be called the beginning of a new typhoon” – leads Tass excerpt from the message of the press service Primgidrometa.

Billion damage

The damage from the typhoon was 1.2 billion rubles. This amount in the region to eliminate the impact of the typhoon in Primorye will direct the government of Russia, reported press service of the head of the region.

In order to have lost as a result of the flood housing citizens of Primorye authorities have promised to organize points permanent location where they can live until September 2017, reports TASS. On Monday the authorities begin paying for loss of property during a typhoon, said the governor of Primorye Territory Vladimir Miklushevsky. We are talking about payments to 10 thousand. Rub. for waterlogged plots of land and 25 thousand. rub. – Homes for lost property, says “RIA Novosti”. In addition, the regional authorities have declared that the residents of Primorye will be free to recover the victims from the weather the documents.

In order to evaluate the effects of floods and search river traffic congestion in the Primorsky Territory used drones, said the Ministry of Defense.

The Ministry of Health sent to the region more than 16 thousand. vaccines for the prevention of diseases in the flooding zone, quoting “RIA Novosti” Director of the Department of public health and communications Minister Oleg greenhorn. As of September 4, 46 tons of humanitarian aid delivered to the region – it is drinking water, food and other essentials

Because struck typhoon beginning of the school year to 65 schools of the Primorsky Territory was moved to 5 September, said. Online administration of the region.

Fully complete all of the restoration work is planned in Primorye by September 1, 2017, stated on the website of the Primorsky Territory administration. This decision was made jointly by the head of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations Vladimir Puchkov and Primorye Governor Vladimir Miklushevsky.