The head of Buryatia, Aleksey Tsydenov, declared a state of emergency on a national scale due to the break of the dam of the Khonkholskoye reservoir, the local TV channel Arigus reports.
The reason for the dam break is heavy rains. Due to flooding and damage to three bridges, the authorities of Buryatia closed a 50-kilometer section of the federal highway «Ulan-Ude — Chita». In the region, according to the prosecutor's office, more than a hundred people were temporarily left homeless, they were evacuated.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations reports about 40 houses in the Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky and Orlovsky districts of the Zabaikalsky Territory flooded. The prosecutor's office checked the temporary accommodation points where almost 150 residents of the flooded areas were evacuated, and found that they do not have hot water and sufficient food.