627 homes flooded in Amur region - ministry
MOSCOW. Aug 8 (Interfax) - Some 627 homes accommodating 795 people are flooded in 17 populated areas of the Amur region, the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry website said.
"Some 627 homes accommodating 795 people, among them 210 children, as well as 838 subsidiary plots, 15 sections of local roads and three bridges are inundated by heavy rains and Zeya and Urkan river floods in the Zeysky, Mazanovsky, Seryshevo, Blagoveshchensk, Shimanovsky and Konstantinovsky districts," the report said.
"A total of 2,285 people, including 940 children, have been evacuated from their homes and penal colonies as a preventive measure. There were 1,372 tenants of flooded homes, including 389 children, amongst that number. Vital services are provided to the evacuees," it said.
Sixty-five shelters have been opened in six districts of the Amur region. Water levels of the Zeya River and the Zeiskoye reservoir are being constantly monitored.
