SIMFEROPOL, 13 Aug In Kerch, the situation is aggravated in connection with the arrival of water due to heavy rainfall and flooding of private households, the press service of the administration reports. The downpour hit Kerch on Thursday. A river overflowed the banks, flooding the territory of the city stadium, market and fish cannery. Streams of water also went down some streets. Water flows by gravity into the sea. Rains are forecast in the east of the peninsula on Friday. Residents were urged to be prepared for a possible evacuation.
Aksenov called the number of victims of flooding in Crimea «The situation in Kerch is getting worse. At present, all efforts are thrown into the fight against flooding of several private households in the lane of Perviy Vokzalny and Vokzalniy. — the message says. In addition, the administration stressed that in connection with the arrival of water in the flooding area of the stadium named after the 50th anniversary of October, a rise in the water level along Sergei Borzenko Street, public transport routes were changed. Heavy rains occurred in Crimea in the second half of June and early July, which led to the flooding of a number of areas of the peninsula. Then Kerch, Yalta and Bakhchisarai region suffered the most.
Rains led to new flooding in Crimea
