“Our colleagues say that for 100 years such a volume of water has not fallen in Simferopol,” RIA Novosti quotes him.
According to him, more than 100 mm of rain fell in the city during the first day of bad weather.
Also, the head of the Crimea said that in total on the peninsula, 719 households and 258 territories in five municipalities were flooded due to heavy rainfall.
Earlier, the head of the Crimea announced the introduction of a state of emergency in the Simferopol region due to the situation with heavy rains.
On June 27, Kryminform news agency reported that the press service of the Crimean Ministry of Emergency Situations urged residents of houses along the Salgir River to be ready for evacuation due to rising water levels in the river.