Torrential rains cause river water rise, floods in Sakhalin
09:42, 16 July 2009
YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK. July 16. KAZINFORM Torrential rains have caused a steep rise or water levels in the rivers on the Far-Eastern island of Sakhalin, causing the introduction of an emergency situation regime in one of the districts of the regional capital Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk where about 50 private houses have been flooded; Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.
At the time of reporting, the authorities were considering a possible evacuation of 130 residents.
Sakhalin division of the Russian Ministry for Emergence Situations and Civil Defense /EMERCOM/ and the city mayoralty have dispatched four operative groups to the zone of inundation; Kazinform cites Itar-Tass.
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