Fighting the flood and its aftermath in the Far East continues. It is reported with reference to Sergei Shoigu, from mid-August the Russian Defense Ministry has been actively involved in the aftermath of flooding in the Far East. According to Shoigu, more than 5000 military are involved in the elimination of the consequences of the flood. In operation employs about a thousand pieces of equipment, 24 aircraft, 26 helicopters and 40 boats. In three subjects maintained a state of emergency — in the Amur region, the Jewish Autonomous Oblast and Khabarovsk Krai. Of flooded areas eliminated more than 7500 people. Set up temporary parking sites, campgrounds and food items. Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree on liquidation of consequences of floods in the Far Eastern Federal District. «In order to help the affected population, the priority of the rescue and emergency recovery and normalization of the situation in these regions of the Russian Federation resolve: considered the most important task of the state to eliminate as soon as possible the consequences of large-scale flooding,» — said in the text of the decree. From the point of view of «water scourge,» the most dangerous situation in Komsomolsk-on-Amur — the water level in the Amur River in the vicinity of the village exceeded 830 cm According to preliminary estimates, by the end of the week the water level will rise to 839 cm, which is much higher than time high, which was recorded in 1897 and reached 642 cm
Ivan the Terrible, RIA «VladNews»