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In Chukotka the flash flood flooded two take-off runways

Марково, Анадырский район, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia

The flash flood flooded the runways in the villages of Vaega and Markovo, but water has not entered the residential buildings, the power plant and the water conducts are not flooded.

In Chukotka, the flash flood flooded the runways in the villages of Vaega and Markovo, and the latter also flooded 24 adjacent territories. As Anastasia Lavrentyeva, head of the public relations department of Anadyr district, specified to RIA Novosti, the water has not entered the residential buildings. It is also not expected that the power plant and the water conducts will be flooded. People are transported through flooded areas according to the established schedule. On the Anadyr River, near Markovo, the mark of the adverse event is exceeded by two centimeters. Experts expect a possible increase of another 20-40 centimeters in the next 24 hours. In case of flooding of residential buildings, a temporary accommodation center will be deployed in the village, which will be created on the basis of a boarding school. Near Vaega the level of unfavorable phenomenon of the river is exceeded by 12 centimeters, the runway is flooded. However, the water is already leaving, there will be no increase in the level.


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