This was stated by the head of the Russian Emergencies Ministry Yevgeny Zinichev during a meeting led by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Magnitogorsk.

"In total, on the territory of three subjects - the Amur, Jewish regions and the Khabarovsk Territory, more than 4 thousand residential buildings and more than 7 thousand household plots can be flooded," TASS quotes him.

Zinichev also said that the total damage from floods in Russia since the beginning of the year amounted to 7.5 billion rubles.