Authorities in Yakutia restricted traffic on the Amga highway in Ust-Maysky District after floodwaters reached the roadway. The closure affects the stretch between Eldikan and Yugorenok, and follows a dam breach in the village of Ezhantsy amid rising water levels.
A series of strong spring cyclones in Russia’s Sakha Republic (Yakutia) brought near-record snowfall, brief thaws, and blizzard conditions, prompting warnings and intensified road maintenance in Yakutsk and other districts.
Heavy rainfall has raised water levels in the Indigirka, Kuydusun, and Nera rivers, flooding yards in Orto-Balagay, Kuydusun, Oymyakon and Ust-Nera, and submerging sections of the Oymyakon and Kolyma highways.
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.
Thick ice and heavy spring floods combines to cause severe flooding in Yakutia. Specialists numbering around 100 have been moved from Baikal Search and Rescue Unit (Irkutsk region) and the Siberian Rescue Centre (Novosibirsk region) have been moved the the stricken region.
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