Heavy rains in the Primorsky Territory led to a flood of large scale: thousands of people were cut off by water from the rest of the world, some local residents were evacuated, some lost their homes, many were without cellular communications, and in some places the transport, including the railway, was interrupted. message. What is the cause of this natural disaster? What damage did the flood do to the inhabitants of Primorsky Krai? What are the weather forecasts for the future?
Causes of flooding in the Primorsky Territory
In the Primorsky Territory, from the end of August, ordinary cyclones and typhoons irrigate the territory with heavy rains, which lead to floods on the rivers.
In the south of the Far East, there is a monsoon type of climate, in which maximum precipitation falls in August-September. Just at this time, the monsoon is very developed - the Pacific Ocean accumulates heat throughout the summer period, by the end of the summer it has already warmed up enough. At that time, typhoons (powerful tropical vortices) arise above its warm water. They travel long distances, reaching moderate latitudes, and although their thickness is already small, the water content of the clouds is large enough, which leads to heavy rainfall and severe flooding.
In August 2017, in the territory of the Primorsky Territory, precipitation fell twice as normal. 170 mm of precipitation fell in some settlements on August 6-7, for comparison - in Moscow heavy rains that flooded the capital brought 88 mm per day.
A huge amount of rainfall led to large-scale floods in the rivers and, as a result, large-scale flooding in early August in the Primorsky Territory. Many residents lost their homes. Raging rivers demolished houses, bridges, cars, eroded roads and railways.
Heavy rains brought typhoon "Lionrock", whose path ran just through the Primorsky Territory. The situation has become more complicated due to tropical storms that took place nearby, plus cyclones of temperate latitudes joined. The same flood as in the Primorsky Territory in August 2017 was in 2013 in the Amur basin.
Damage
Heavy rains took place in the Primorsky Territory on the night of August 6-7. About seven settlements of the Nadezhdinsky and Khasansky areas were flooded. About two thousand residential buildings were flooded. In the village of Mikhailovka, Primorsky Krai, floods flooded all household plots of local residents. A strong stream of water destroyed several bridges.
In some places of the Primorsky Territory, the railroad track was damaged. Due to the erosion of the territory, three wagons of a freight train went off the rails.
On August 7, 2017, an emergency mode was introduced in Ussuriysk in the Primorsky Territory due to flooding. About 200 mm of precipitation fell in one night in the city, central streets, intersections and pavements were flooded.
Due to the flooding in Ussuriysk of the Primorsky Territory, more than 40 people turned to temporary accommodation centers. On August 7, water left Ussuriysk, but the roads remained blurred.
The villages of Utesnoe, Krounovka, Krasny Yar, Bogolyubovka, Rakovka remained without transport links.
In the city of Ussuriysk, several kindergartens were discontinued, a children's hospital and two clinics were de-energized, and feldsher-midwife stations in the villages of Linevichi, Krounovka and Yakonovka were left without electricity.
Residents of several districts were left without cellular communications.
A whole street collapsed in Ussuriysk. A hole several meters wide formed in the asphalt; a playground, parking, ice rink and garages of local residents were affected.
The storm warning in the region persisted until August 10.
Fire brigades evacuated people from settlements cut off by water from the outside world. Boat crossings were established.
All major restoration work in the flooded Primorsky Territory was carried out within a week.
Flooding and transport
As a result of heavy rains and floods in the Primorsky Territory, due to the erosion of roads, seven villages of the Ussuri district and Khasansky district were left without transport links.
The roadbed of the Slavyanka - Razdolnoye highway was blurred.
The rail track of the Slavyanka-Ussuriysk railway bridge was broken.
Two trains Vladivostok - Khabarovsk and Vladivostok - Sovetskaya Gavan were detained. All trains from Vladivostok to Ussuriysk were canceled. All passengers from canceled flights were sent by bus.
At the seaside station, more than 20 bus flights were canceled. Vladivostok International Airport has canceled three domestic flights.
But by the evening of August 7, the entire movement was restored.
Without crops and housing
In addition to settlements and residential buildings, agricultural lands of the Khasansky district and Ussuriysk suffered from flooding. Governor Miklushevsky Vladimir, promised that all people whose homes and kitchen gardens were affected by the flood will receive compensation.
Social objects
From the powerful floods in the Primorsky Territory, social facilities and institutions also suffered. Due to the erosion of the road, the neuropsychiatric boarding school in Razdolny remained cut off from the outside world, and the Pokrovsky psychoneurological boarding school in Ussuriysk, Oktyabrsky and Mikhailovsky districts also suffered from bad weather.
The water was flooded by a children's social rehabilitation center in the village of Krasny Yar, all the children were evacuated. I had to suspend the work of the children's camp “Sunny Island”, the rescuers took the children away.
The flood affected 15 kindergartens; for some time they did not accept children.
Affected by the elements and several hospitals.
Due to severe flooding by the Ministry of Emergencies and the military, animals were evacuated from the Ussuri Zoo.
Residents of Ussuriysk and the Khasansky district for some time remained without light. Numerous road washouts hindered the work of power engineers; it was not always possible to drive to damaged facilities everywhere. For example, to the settlements of Yanovka and Krounovka, it was possible to reach only by boat.
Volunteer help
In the city of Ussuriysk, where cars were almost impossible to move around, rescuers attracted volunteers who had SUVs and boats to evacuate people from flooded areas.
The collection of food, water and things for the victims was carried out. Temporary accommodation centers were organized in the Mikhailovsky, Khasansky and Nadezhda districts and the city of Ussuriysk. A total of 9 points were opened. Psychologists worked in them and hot meals were organized.
Social Networking and Flooding
The flood stirred up social networks. Local residents and tourists from Ussuriysk and Mikhailovka posted on the Internet video and photo floods in the Primorsky Territory. In the frames and video you can see how some bridges, intersections, streets are completely flooded, many cars float in large water, powerful water streams carry tree branches, bicycles, various iron structures, garbage bins. The asphalt surface of some roads is destroyed, cars, as in terrible apocalyptic films, fall into holes.
The entrances of apartment buildings were flooded so much that only the most brave ones decided to leave them. Those who decided to go outside took photos on air mattresses and boats.
Military help
The military began to be attracted after the recession of large water for restoration work. They are in Ussuriysk, pumping out water in flooded apartment buildings and cleaning trees felled by the wind.
In addition, the Eastern Military District allocated trucks and several floating transporters to deal with the effects of the flood.
Weather Forecasts
According to weather forecasters, atmospheric fronts influenced the weather in the Primorsky Territory. They predicted continued rains, showers with thunderstorms and a strong squally wind for several more days. According to weather forecasts, the water level in the rivers will rise by three meters. Until August 10, the Ussuri, Khasansky and Nadezhda districts remained flood-hazardous. New flooding was predicted in these areas.