This was reported by RIA Novosti Crimea with reference to the head of the Center for Disaster Medicine of the Peninsula, Sergei Olefirenko.

According to him, some of the brigades were locked up due to the elements at the substation at st.

Lomonosov, 55 and are actually in the epicenter of the water flow.

“Now brigades from Simferopol were promptly transferred, the forces of the Center for Disaster Medicine were transferred to Yalta.

Three additional brigades were transferred from Simferopol to Krasnoperekopsk and Dzhankoy, ”Olefirenko said.

He assured the residents of the city that Yalta has operational reserves and, if necessary, it will be possible to increase the number of ambulance teams.

Due to flooding in the region, an emergency regime was introduced, the Crimeans were warned about the threat of mudflows in a number of areas.

The entrance to Yalta was completely blocked.