An ice jam on the Lena River caused the flooding of four villages in Olekminsky ulus, the press center of the General Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) reported on May 13.
Near the village of Neryuktyayinsk, the first water level exceeded the critical level of 1000 cm, as a result of which 27 residential buildings were flooded, in which 66 people lived, including 3 children. In addition, 4 sections of the Umnas highway with a length of 1.5 km were flooded. 24 people were previously transferred to temporary accommodation centers, of which 3 were children, the rest were placed with relatives.
In the village of Neryuktyayinsk 2, 20 yards were flooded, in which 116 people live, including 22 children. In advance, 6 people were transferred to temporary accommodation centers, of which 4 were children, the rest were placed with relatives.
In the village of Kyllakh, 62 residential buildings in which 134 people lived, including 5 children, were flooded. The population is being evacuated to the other side of the river, from the village of Kyllakh to the village of Dapparai. 27 people were admitted to temporary accommodation centers, of which 5 were children and the rest were admitted with family members.
In the village of Khorintsy, 38 yards were flooded, including 19 residential buildings, where 100 people live, including 37 children. Previously, 22 people were transferred to temporary accommodation centers, of which 17 were children and the rest were housed in relatives’ homes.
Two Polar Airlines planes arrived in Olekminsk, one of them is engaged in evacuating the population from flooded settlements, the second is engaged in carrying out blasting work to remove ice jams on the river. In addition, a Mi-8 plane from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations arrives with 2 tons of explosives.
Recall that in Yakutia, on the night of May 15-16, 2001, as a result of an 80-kilometer ice jam on the Lena River, the city of Lensk was flooded for the first time above the level of the second floor for several hours . , and then practically demolished by huge ice floes.
As a result of the disaster, more than three thousand houses were destroyed.
More than 30 thousand people were affected by the flood. 6 people died. 75 boiler rooms, 396 km of power lines, 164 transformer substations, 184 km of paved roads were washed away, two bridges were completely destroyed, 410 km of communication lines were destroyed, 5 radio and television stations, 7 health centers, 26 Educational institutions were completely destroyed. The total damage caused by the natural disaster amounted to billions of rubles.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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