In the Yakutia flood. Because of the ice congestion of the river out of the coast. May 13, Aldan emerged from the shores. Flooded were 289 houses in the villages of Kuptsy, Eldikan and Ezhantsy. Suffered about six hundred people.

So in the village of Tabaga in the suburb of Yakutsk, when water was raised by a meter and a half, two dozen yards were flooded. It was organized the duty of transport in case of necessity of evacuation of the population. In Yakutsk, a state of emergency was declared. On May 15, in three districts of Yakutia, due to the threat of flooding, an emergency regime was introduced. In advance, the evacuation of the Kapitonovskaya boarding school for the elderly and disabled people, which is located near Yakutsk.

On May 15, a second dam in the village of Oktemtsi. The first burst three days earlier. The water level rose by half a meter above the critical. At the break of the second dam, more than 60 farmsteads were flooded, more than 100 people had to be evacuated. More than 60 people left for temporary accommodation. On May 16, 17 settlements were affected.

On the Lena River ice drift. In the vicinity of Yakutsk, the water level is approaching the critical. The lower edge of the ice drift is in the vicinity of the village of Kangalassa, near the Yakutsk. The length of the ice drift on the Lena is 248 kilometers.

The length of the ice-break on the Aldan is 481 km, on the Amga River - 138 km, on Vilyue 208 km. On Kolyma, an autopsy is expected on May 18, on Indigirka and Yana - a freeze.

On the Amge in the Churapchinsky district, 59 yard territories fell into the flooding zone, but all 136 people living on them went to their relatives and friends in advance. In the Tattinsky district, in three settlements, 236 domestic territories were flooded. Living there almost 500 people also went to relatives and friends. In total, in Yakutia on May 16, affected 11 settlements. In the field there are operational headquarters, which coordinate the work of rescuers, deployed TACs, doctors and psychologists are on duty, public order is organized. On May 14, the republic introduced the emergency situation at the federal level.

From Irkutsk 25 employees of the Ministry of Emergency Measures having on equipment the diving equipment, motor pumps, boats, light towers have gone to the next area.

In the affected villages on the Aldan and Amge at the request of the Ministry for Emergency Situations with the An-26-100 aircraft, Mi-8 helicopters carried out dozens of flights for the delivery of humanitarian supplies and evacuation of the population. More than 10 tons of cargo were delivered to Ust-Mai from Yakutsk - batteries, tents, sleeping bags, clamshells, field kitchens, medicines, diesel generator. The fight against the flood continues.

Commission on flood damage assessment commenced work. Preliminary damage is estimated at 36 million rubles.