“A decision has been made to introduce a municipal emergency regime,” Puchkova said.

She added that "tomorrow a commission will go to the site to assess the damage."

Earlier it was reported that one woman died in the Crimean village of Kuibyshev in the Bakhchisarai region due to dangerous weather, another was hospitalized.

Rescuers have begun work on the construction of a dam near the village of Sokoliny, Bakhchisaray District, in the southwest of the peninsula, in order to avoid further flooding due to heavy rainfall.

In Kuibyshevo, more than 50 private houses remain flooded, the Emergencies Ministry employees are evacuating the population.