SIMFEROPOL, June 20. /TASS/. Two people remain unaccounted for and 24 were injured after floods caused by torrential rains in the Crimean city of Yalta, Mayor Yanina Pavlenko said.
"24 [people have been injured], two are missing and one dead. None of them are tourists. All injuries are slight ones," she said.
According to earlier reports, 19 people were injured and one was killed. A woman was reported as missing, a search for her is under way.
On Thursday night, Crimea was battered by torrential rains and gusts of the northwest wind. A regional state of emergency was declared. The floods hit the resort city of Kerch and eastern regions of the peninsula. In the south of Crimea, the city of Yalta faced over 135 mm of precipitation. Yanina Pavlenko, the head of Yalta’s administration, said that the city had not witnessed such heavy rain since 1922, when the city had over 190 mm of precipitation. As many as 26,200 customers were left without electricity.
As a result, hundreds of houses all over the republic were damaged. 13 hotels were flooded in Yalta, with evacuation ordered in two of them. Beach infrastructure was damaged as well. At the moment, post-disaster recovery efforts are under way in many areas, including works to clear debris and resume electricity, water and gas supplies.
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[TVZvesda] Video footage from the scene of the tragedy in Kuzbass has been published, where the L-410 plane crashed while landing this morning . The head of the Industrial District, on the territory of which the tragedy occurred, told Zvezda the details of the incident.
"A scheduled training flight took place today. During the climb, the right engine failed. The pilots made a hard landing. Four people were killed, including the pilots. In total there were 19 people on board. The injured were taken to hospitals in the cities of Leninsk-Kuznetsky and Kemerovo. At the moment, all the measures are underway, the Investigative Committee and all other services are working out," Ilyin said.
The operator of the crashed plane was DOSAAF. Photos from the scene were published earlier. By the amount of debris and their condition, we can conclude that the blow was of great force. The victims in this crash were evacuated from the emergency site with the help of aviation.
Recall that the incident took place at the Tanay airfield in Kemerovo, which is located on the border with the Novosibirsk region.
There were 19 people on board the plane, they were supposed to make training parachute jumps.
During the takeoff of the aircraft, the commander reported the engine failure and began to return to the airfield. However, during the turn, the plane caught a tree with its wing and fell to the ground.
At the moment, it is known about nine victims of the crash.
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[Rusvesna] It just became known about the explosion of a gas pipeline in the LPR on the night of June 17-18, after which a fire broke out.
This was reported by VGTRK correspondent Andrei Rudenko.
The company "Luganskgaz" reported that no one was injured in the explosion, there were no casualties. There is information that an explosion occurred in the center of Lugansk.
“On the night of June 18, 2021, an explosion occurred on a medium-pressure gas pipeline with a diameter of 425 mm, resulting in a strong fire,” the gas company said in a statement.
The explosion left dozens of nearby buildings without gas, and work is underway to restore gas supply. By half past six in the morning, the flame was extinguished.
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[REGNUM] The number of people injured as a result of the flooding of Yalta caused by downpours has grown to 11 people, TASS reports on June 18 with reference to the head of the city administration Yanina Pavlenko .
"The victims were identified 11 people. And one killed," the agency quotes Pavlenko as saying.
According to her, at the moment over 300 people have been evacuated from their homes and remain in temporary accommodation centers.
"More than 70 houses have been flooded. We have already provided assistance to more than 300 victims. We relocate people who need it. A lot of volunteers work ," said Yanina Pavlenko.
We will remind, earlier it was reported about the death of one person and eight injured people.
As reported by IA REGNUM , on the evening of June 18, a mobile detachment of the Black Sea Fleet arrived in Yalta, sent to help the affected city.
In Crimea, as a result of powerful torrential rains, two monthly norms of precipitation fell, due to which several hundred households and city streets were flooded.
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