On June 10, rising water levels on the Anadyr River flooded the villages of Markovo and Ust-Belaya in Anadyrsky District, inundating roads, the airport runway, and riverfront infrastructure but causing no disruption to vital services.
This year the situation is complicated by unfavorable hydrological forecasts due to heavy winter precipitation. Experts observed the maximum amount of snow in the upper reaches of the Anadyr River.
In Chukotka, floods flooded the runways in the villages of Vaegi and Markovo, and in the latter 24 homes.
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