According to him, under the leadership of the head of Crimea Sergei Aksyonov, a meeting of the commission for the prevention and elimination of emergencies was held.

“The headquarters decided to recognize the current situation as an emergency of the natural nature of the inter-municipal level of response,” Borozdin wrote on Facebook.

He noted that the rescue operation and evacuation of people are continuing, control over the quality of water in water supply networks has been strengthened.

Heavy rains occurred on the peninsula on the night of Thursday, June 17, causing flooding, in the eastern regions almost two monthly precipitation rates fell.

The head of the forecast center "Meteo" Alexander Shuvalov, in an interview with RT, commented on the situation.