This is reported in the operational information section on the website of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the Republic of Crimea.

“The evacuation of the population, trapped in the flooding zones, in the amount of 1387 people, of which 238 are children, has been carried out.

There are 155 people in four points of temporary accommodation, 39 of them are children, ”the official statement says.

The department also informed about the deployment in Kerch of two temporary accommodation points with a total capacity of 1.3 thousand people.

In Yalta, houses and roads were flooded because of the Vodopadnaya River overflowing its banks.

According to the head of the administration, the city may be left without electricity due to the elements.