The water level in the Amur River near Khabarovsk in the past
The water level in the Amur River near Khabarovsk over the past day rose by 8 cm and according to the local time was 8:00790 centimeters, ITAR-TASS reported with reference to the press-center of the Main Directorate of Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation in the Khabarovsk region. At the same time, this means that for the last 12 hours the level of water in the Amur not rise any one centimeter. The comparable figure - 790 cm - was recorded the day before at 20:00 local time. In the MOE noted that in the near future on the Amur River is expected to reach maximum levels of water in the city of Khabarovsk, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Nikolaevsk-on-Amur, Mykolayiv regions, Khabarovsk, Nanai, Amur, Komsomol, Ulchsky. Currently, in the Khabarovsk region flooded 50 settlements, almost 1700 homes, about 2400 houses adjoining areas, more than 3700 suburban areas, 28 social facilities, 16 of the fuel and energy complex and housing, 2 road bridges, 17 sections of roads, 45600 hectares of agricultural land. Hydrologists predict that in the coming days, the rise of water in the Amur continue. In the region of Khabarovsk, the river can reach 8 meters in Komsomolsk-on-Amur - up to 8.8 meters. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree "On measures to eliminate the consequences of large-scale flooding in the territories of the Republic of Sakha /Yakutia /Primorsky and Khabarovsk, Magadan and Amur regions, the Jewish Autonomous Region".
