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Amur reaches eight metres near Khabarovsk

The head of the Far Eastern regional department of the hydro-meteorological service, Vyacheslav Parshin, called the day "a historic date"
Photo ITAR-TASS/Alexei Nikolsky
Photo ITAR-TASS/Alexei Nikolsky

VLADIVOSTOK, September 2 (Itar-Tass) - The Amur reached the level of eight metres near Khabarovsk at 16:00 local time (09:00 Moscow time) on Monday.

The head of the Far Eastern regional department of the hydro-meteorological service, Vyacheslav Parshin, called the day "a historic date" in hydrology history. The river never before in 120 years of monitoring rose to such a level.