“A decision was made to classify the situation that has developed on the territory of the city of Simferopol and the Simferopol region as a result of heavy precipitation during the passage of a complex of dangerous weather events as an emergency of an intermunicipal nature,” he wrote on Telegram.

Aksyonov added that the document will be published on the official portal of the government of the Republic of Crimea.

Earlier, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that in the Crimea, water levels are predicted to rise in some rivers up to 2 m due to rains.