Over 30,000 hurt in flash flood, 7,000 homes inundated in Irkutsk region - Emergency Situations Ministry
IRKUTSK. July 1 (Interfax) - Rivers that have burst their banks in the Irkutsk region keep flooding residential areas, and over 80 populated localities have found themselves within the flood zone in six districts - Nizhneudinsk, Taishet, Tulun, Chuna, Zima, and Kuytun - as of Monday morning, a representative of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry's regional branch told Interfax.
"As many as 6,669 homes and 847 household plots with a population of 32,777, including 4,000 children, were flooded in 83 populated localities since June 25. Forty-three social institutions have been affected, too," the representative said.
"As of Monday morning, 55 populated localities, 3,296 with a population of 9,809, 17 social institutions, and seven road sections remained flooded," he said.
More than 800 homes and federal route R-255 Siberia remain flooded in Taishet despite lowered levels of water in the Iya River, he said.