“To date, 1,786 houses with a population of 1,854 people, including 520 children, 2,522 homestead plots, 4 socially significant objects, 19 sections of highways, remain flooded in 44 settlements of the Irkutsk Region, the department said.

It is specified that in the flooded settlements the pumping of water from basements of residential houses and socially significant objects, drying of premises, targeted assistance to the population, delivery of humanitarian supplies continues.

At the same time, the Emergency Situations Ministry noted that on the morning of August 1, the excess of the critical water level in the Oia River in the city of Tulun is more than 3 meters.

Earlier, the TV channel "360" reported on the collection of humanitarian aid in the Moscow region for victims of the flood in the Irkutsk region.

June 27 in the Irkutsk region began heavy floods.

About how the residents of the Irkutsk region cope with the consequences of the flood - in the material RT.