VLADIKAVKAZ, June 18. /TASS/. An emergency situation regime has been imposed in Vladikavkaz amid flooding provoked by torrential rains, the city’s administration said on Sunday.

"An urgent meeting of the commission on emergency situations was held under the chairmanship of administration head Vyacheslav Mildzikhov. The commission had made a decision to impose an emergency situation regime from 6:00 p.m. local time," it wrote on its Telegram channel.

Following heavy rains on Sunday, people are being evacuated from flooded houses. Fallen trees damaged electricity transmission lines in various districts of the city.