Residents of several Kuban villages evacuated due to flooding

In the Tuapse District and Goryachiy Klyuch, the water in the rivers rose, flooding residential buildings and streets, the authorities reported the evacuation of residents. Several bridges were also destroyed, and three villages were disconnected from electricity.

A state of emergency was declared in the Tuapse District due to bad weather. In the village of Defanovka, 25 houses were flooded, in Moldavanovskoye - nine houses and 25 adjacent territories, and in the settlement of Novomikhaylovskoye - 20 adjacent territories. Two temporary accommodation points have been opened: in schools in the villages of Novomikhaylovsky and Dzhubga, reported the Governor of Kuban Veniamin Kondratyev in his Telegram channel.

The head of the Tuapse District, Sergei Boyko, reported that a bridge was destroyed in Lermontovo, 300 houses were left without a crossing across the river, an alternative bypass route has been organized.

According to him, temporary accommodation points have been organized in the villages of Nebug, Agoy, the village of Tyumensky, the aul of Agui-Shapsug, and temporary accommodation points have been opened in rural cultural centers.

In Moldavanovka, two automobile bridges and one pedestrian bridge have been destroyed. Rivers have also overflowed their banks in Plyakho and Novomikhaylovsky. There are reports of flooding of house plots. In Plyakho, about 400 meters of the roadway have been washed away. Farmland was also flooded. A water main was damaged in Lermontovo. "Until further notice, the villages of Plyakho, Defanovka and Moldovanovka have been disconnected from electricity," Boyko said.

A private bus overturned due to a large flow of water. The driver lost control. Kuban SPAS specialists evacuated 25 people. There were no casualties or injuries, he noted.

A video of the flooded bus was published by the Telegram channel "My Tuapse". The bus is standing in the water far away, people are making their way from it, they are almost waist-deep in water.

 In the village of Fanagoriyskoye in Goryachy Klyuch, the water level of the Chepsi River rose sharply. Kalinina and Lesnaya streets were flooded. The first ford on the way to the Podvislo tract was also flooded. It is known that an unorganized group of tourists consisting of 15-20 people was there. , the tourists were safely evacuated, said the head of the district, Sergei Belopolsky.

As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, on November 24-25, 2023, as a result of heavy rainfall, dozens of houses in Goryachiy Klyuch and the Bezymyanny rural district were flooded. A state of emergency was declared in the city, and nine people were evacuated to temporary accommodation centers. By November 27, strong winds knocked down trees in Krasnodar, Anapa, Sochi and Novorossiysk, several people were injured, and at least two died. On November 28, the regional authorities reported that they were calculating the damage from the elements and called in volunteers to eliminate the consequences of the bad weather. The total amount of payments to residents of the Krasnodar Territory affected by the storm is about 25 million rubles, the authorities reported at the time.

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