In the Zaporozhye region because of a heavy rainfall on Saturday morning, the popular resort zone on the Sea of ??Azov blurred - the Spit scythe near the city of Primorsk, 20 vehicles with vacationers were evacuated from the flooding zone.

This, with reference to the Speaker of the General Directorate of the State Service for Emergency Situations of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region, Julia Baryshev, informs Apostrof.

According to her, as a result of the erosion of the spit cut off from the land were about 70 holidaymakers and 30 cars.

Rescuers of the emergency squad of the Special Purpose Department of Emergency Control with the help of special equipment were taken out of the flooding zone on the spit Obitochaya on the motorway 20 cars. The rest of the holidaymakers refused to evacuate.

"At the same time, the rescuers monitor the situation on the Obitokaya spit, and in the event of deterioration in the situation, they are ready to help the holidaymakers," Barysheva noted..

According to meteorologists, rainy weather in the region may last for another day.