Kabardino-Balkaria, where the state of emergency was declared yesterday, has evacuated 150 residents of the Zolsky and the Baksansky districts, according to Murat Apazhikhov, spokesman of the regional directorate of the Ministry for Emergencies, ITAR-TASS reports.
Heavy rains flooded 65 houses in Etoko, Prirechnoye, Kamlyukovo in the Zolsky District. six two-storey multi-apartment houses and 25 private houses were flooded in Kuba-Taba (Baksansky District).
49 specialists and 7 vehicles of the Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies in Kabardino-Balkaria are operating in flood-struck areas.
