"This is the situation in many areas: in the Amur region, the Jewish Autonomous Region, the Khabarovsk Territory," - quoted by TASS Vilfand.

The forecaster added that "the volume of water on the Amur is a record for the entire period of meteorological observations."

Earlier it was reported that the authorities of the Jewish Autonomous Region (JAO) introduced an emergency regime in the Leninsky and Oktyabrsky districts in connection with the passage of the flood.