In search of victims and evacuation of the survivors, up to 1000 rescuers participated.
According to the Russian media, more than 7,000 Russian children were visited by summer camps in floods affected by one of the evacuation camps.
“The flood is very heavy. Even traffic lights came out, ”said the regional police representative Igor Zhelibin. AFPAdding that at that time there was evacuation.
Anna Kovalevskaya, who claimed that he had a brother in Krimsk, said Bi -Bi, that her family does not expect flooding. “The water began to flood at 02:00 (22:00 on Greenwich on Friday),” he said.
“People ran to the streets, wear only underwear and wrapping their children with a blanket. People can only save their passports.
“There is no electricity and the stores are closed. Many people lose everything and panic. ”
Rain washed the Krasnodar region with a water level of up to 28 cm (11 inches) during the night, so many residents were forced to hide on the trees or roofs of the house.
The Transneft Oil Cipeline operator said he had stopped delivering raw oil from Novorossiysk, but his infrastructure in the port was not affected by the weather.
“Of course, we limit the delivery, the port is located in the lower part of the city, all the landslides went to it. When we say, the rain begins to fall again, ”said representative Vladimir Sidorov Vladimir Sidorov Reuters At this time.
