KURGAN, April 14 Employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations are clearing debris from the dam in Kurgan, this is necessary so that prevent rapid rise of water at the hydroelectric complex, the correspondent reports.
As the head of the region, Vadim Shumkov, reported on Sunday, specialists were tasked with eliminating a dump of wooden waste and tires behind the Water Union building, which creates a risk of congestion and a sharp rise in water at the hydroelectric complex.
By Sunday evening in Kurgan, the water level in Tobol, according to the observation of the agency's correspondent, had again increased significantly, and a crowd of people had gathered on the embankment who had come to watch the rise of water in the river.
According to the authorities, the water level in Tobol near Kurgan has risen to 565 centimeters, although in the morning it was 491 centimeters. 
A regional emergency regime has been introduced in the Kurgan region. According to the forecast of the main department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation for the flood period, 62 settlements, 4,300 houses, 5,550 household plots, 600 summer cottages may be flooded in the region, and 18,718 people may fall into the emergency zone.
According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, as of Sunday morning, 304 residential buildings and 473 household plots were flooded in the region. More than 7.1 thousand people were preventively evacuated due to the flood, 885 people are in temporary accommodation centers.
The peak of the flood in Kurgan is predicted for April 14-15.
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