Due to heavy rainfall that took place in Transcarpathian region on May 20-22 and continues at this time, 870 hectares of agricultural land, 170 hectares of pastures, 85 yards, 31 houses were flooded.
Damage was recorded at 830 mp coastal and 7 bridge crossings (4 of them are pedestrian). Water poured over 3 roads (Mukachevo-Rogatin in the village of Turya Paseka (state road Perechin - Svalyava).
In total, 25 settlements of districts of the Transcarpathian region suffered from the raging elements. How to counteract the elements was decided by the meeting of the operational headquarters of the regional commission on technogenic and environmental safety and emergency situations (fuel and energy and emergency situations), which took place this morning under the leadership of acting Chairman of the regional state administration Yaroslav Galas.
It was noted that units of the SDNS and the National Police were sent to places that suffered damage from the elements, local rescue teams and utilities were brought in, water was pumped out by motor pump, a detour was organized in places of the bay. Forecasters predict that today, May 23, heavy rains will occur in the region, in places they will turn into showers and hail.
During a thunderstorm, gusts of wind up to 15-20 m / s are possible. Therefore, in the upper reaches of the rivers, a high water level of 0.3-0.6 m will be restored, in the middle reaches high water levels will remain, in the lower reaches of the river. Already (the village of Zarichevo, the city of Uzhgorod), water levels are projected to increase by 1-1.5 m, on the Tisza (village Vilok) there will be an increase in water levels by 2.5-3 m without water entering the floodplain.
In the lower reaches of the river. Borzhava will maintain a high level of water and flooding of farmland in the villages of Zarechye, Seltso, Kamenskoye, V. Komyata, M. Komyata, the Shalanka-V. Komyata highway. The most threatening situation may arise in the river basin of Borzhava (Irshavsky, Vinogradovsky districts) and Uzh (Velikobereznyansky, Perechinsky, Uzhgorod districts and the city of Uzhgorod).
