“Currently, in the territory of Buryatia, the Khabarovsk Territory and the Amur Region, 45 settlements, 337 residential houses, 1,258 personal plots, two socially significant objects and 54 sections of roads remain flooded. In 31 settlements of the Irkutsk region, 1359 houses, 2169 private plots, three socially significant objects, ten sections of highways remain flooded, ”TASS reports the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

Earlier it was reported that the number of flooded areas in the Amur region over the past day increased to 1,235 farmsteads.

The authorities of the Amur region estimated the preliminary damage from crop loss due to a flood of 1.5 billion rubles.