“Traffic on all federal highways in the area of responsibility of the Black Sea Directorate of Rosavtodor is carried out in the normal mode,” the TASS agency quotes.
Management specialists will begin surveying all roads to look for damage to the roadway.
“The weather forecast for the next day remains unfavorable, but, according to weather forecasters, Sochi has already experienced the peak of rains.
Nevertheless, drivers and pedestrians should be extremely careful and should not leave their homes or go out onto the roads unless absolutely necessary," they noted.
Last night, some people were forced to wait out the bad weather on blocked sections of roads, the department said.
Due to heavy rains in Sochi, basement floors, roads and adjacent territories were flooded.
The water level in the Khosta, Matsesta and Kudepsta rivers has reached unfavorable levels.
One person died as a result of the storm.