ULAN-UDE, August 4 Rescuers will use an unmanned aerial vehicle to assess the flood situation in the Mukhorshibirsky district of Buryatia, where the dam on the Khonkholoy reservoir overflowed, the regional Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
«To conduct aerial reconnaissance with the aim of assessing the situation using an unmanned aircraft system, and to conduct rescue and other urgent work in the Mukhorshibirsky District, rescuers from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations have left,» the statement says.
A state of emergency at the republican level has been introduced in Buryatia due to the difficult flood situation in three districts — Tarbagataisky, Zaigraevsky, Mukhorshibirsky.
In Tarbagatai District, more than 370 household plots and 10 houses were flooded. People lost their crops and livestock.
In Zaigraevsky District, 30 plots and three private houses were flooded. 10 people, including two children, were evacuated and placed in temporary accommodation. The railway infrastructure was under threat, but the East Siberian Railway anti-washout train carried out all necessary measures to strengthen the slopes and embankments.
In Mukhorshibirsky District, the dam on the Khonkholoy Reservoir overflowed. Due to the erosion of sections of the federal road R-258 «Baikal», traffic from the 540th to the 590th kilometer has been preliminarily stopped for 24 hours.
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