"According to preliminary estimates, this year the damage is already 1.45 billion rubles," TASS quotes the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the region, Roman Boyko.

The governor of the Jewish Autonomous Region Rostislav Goldstein proposed to start resettlement of residents from flooded areas.

It is specified that during the flood this year, 151 residential buildings, 2991 household and summer cottages were in the flooding zone.

Earlier it became known that the level of the Amur near Khabarovsk began to decline.

In total, 35 settlements of the region are currently in the flood zone.