“There were 176 accommodation facilities in the flooded zone, in which today there are about 20 thousand vacationers.

Control over their living conditions and food has been strengthened, ”RIA Novosti quotes her as saying.

Earlier, Rospotrebnadzor issued an order to suspend the operation of beaches in the areas of Crimea and Sevastopol affected by flooding.

The head of the Yalta administration, Yanina Pavlenko, said that a commission had begun to work in the city to prepare it for reconstruction, as the infrastructure suffered "colossal damage."