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Russian Federation: Floods - May 2017

Status
Past
Countries
Russia
Disaster types
Flood

Between 10 and 15 May 2017, the destruction of the dam in the district of Ishim (Tyumen region) and water spills across the Ishim river caused massive flooding throughout Tyumen region, in particular, around the town of Ishim. The dam was destroyed due to the huge amount of melting snow and the discharge of water from the reservoir near the city of Petropavlovsk in Kazakhstan. The total number of affected families in Ishim district is to date 1,045. More than 130 houses are waterlogged and damaged and 41 houses fully destroyed. (IFRC, 23 May 2017)

On 23-24 May 2017, heavy flooding occurred in two additional regions – Omsk and Stavropol Kray – in Russia, following earlier floods in Tyumen region. As a result, the total number of affected people in the three regions of Omsk, Stavropol Kray and Tyumen has grown from 1,600 to 15,721 people (including 1,479 children and 668 elderly). The number of worst-affected people is amounting to 4,500 residents in 2,545 families. (IFRC, 12 Jun 2017)

On 16 June, The Russian Government informed that 937 million 500 thousand rubles would be allocated from the reserve fund to the Stavropol Territory authorities to pay for lump-sums and compensations. All compensations would come from federal reserve funds, while more than 12.3 thousand the affected people have received more than 163.5 million rubles from the regional budget. (Gov't of Russia, 16 Jun 2017)