TYUMEN, April 27 .The water level in the Ishim River in the village of Abatskoye, Tyumen Region, rose by 5 centimeters on Saturday morning and reached 1202 centimeters by 18.00 (16.00 Moscow time), reports the regional government information center.
According to the hydrological bulletin published on the government’s Telegram channel, at 18.00 (16.00 Moscow time) on April 27, the water level in the Ishim River in the village of Abatskoye is 1202 centimeters, from 8.00 (6.00 Moscow time) it has increased by 5 centimeters. The critical level of the dangerous phenomenon for this locality is 960 centimeters.
In the village of Abatskoye on Saturday, due to the threat of flooding and flooding of streets, an emergency evacuation was announced. It was previously reported that in the worst-case flood scenario, 22 settlements, home to more than 2.5 thousand people, could fall into the flood zone in the Abatsky district; in the regional center, up to 500 houses, home to about 1.5 thousand people, are under threat. The total population in the area is 19 thousand people, in the village of Abatskoye — about 8 thousand.