Environmental consequences of the flood in the Far East

The head of the EMERCOM of Russia flew to the Far East to coordinate works on the liquidation of consequences of the flood. Vladimir Puchkov will work in Khabarovsk, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, and the Amur Region. According to the Far East regional center of the EMERCOM, more than 5.5 thousand houses are waterlogged; more than 27.5 thousand people were evacuated from the disaster area, the press service reported. The Amur, the Zea, and other rivers had burst their banks. Such a phenomenon is registered for the first time for 120 years in the area.