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Over 2,000 people stay at accommodation centers in Far East due to flood

The restoration of residential houses and social facilities continues according to schedule in the Amur region, Jewish Autonomous Region and Khabarovsk Krai

MOSCOW, December 03. /ITAR-TASS/. Due to the flood aftermath in the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia, a total of 2,201 people are staying at 49 accommodation centers, the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry’s (EMERCOM) National Emergency Management Center told Itar-Tass on Tuesday.

“There are no flooded municipalities in the Far Eastern Federal District now. Twenty-three federal, regional and local motor road sections and 27 regional and local automobile bridges are still out of order,” the centre said. “A total of 2,201 people, including 576 children, are staying at accommodation centers.”

The restoration of residential houses and social facilities continues according to schedule in the Amur region, Jewish Autonomous Region and Khabarovsk Krai.

A group of manpower and resources comprising 17,543 people and 3,013 units of equipment, including 4,971 people and 739 units of equipment from the EMERCOM has been formed in three subjects of the Far Eastern Federal District for the emergency rescue and other urgent operations. The air grouping comprises 13 aircraft, including six EMERCOM aircraft.