He said that "the level of the Amur is of concern to us."

“The forecast is unfavorable, discharges are expected at the Bureyskaya and Zeiskaya HPPs, this may seriously complicate the situation, but we have a group of people - 5 thousand people - ready, 1.5 thousand units of equipment are ready and deployed.

We will definitely protect people and property.

But in any case, this is an alarming situation for us, "RIA Novosti quotes Degtyarev.

Earlier, the Crimean authorities declared a regional emergency due to heavy rains in the east of the peninsula.

Heavy rains fell on the peninsula on the night of Thursday, June 17, causing flooding.

In the eastern regions, almost two monthly norms of precipitation fell.