For a week because of incessant rains, flooding in Transbaikalia. Rashed rivers wash off bridges, wash away roads, flood villages. The river Kiya in the first days washed away several automobile bridges and one railway. Attraction of special equipment and construction of bypass canals did not improve the situation. After 12 years, the drought suddenly became full and Shilka spread. Partly flooded the town of Shilka, completely had to evacuate the village of Bogomiakovo with a population of more than 500 people, in Shilkinsky district was declared emergency mode. Bogomiakovo village was hit by after the rising water broke through the dam due to non-observance of security measures by gold diggers. The official media do not report the victims, but eyewitnesses of the dam break indicate the death of two bulldozer drivers who were washed away with the equipment at the time of water breakthrough.
On July 9 and 10, the rains subsided, but on the way there were new rains with thunderstorms. Over the territory of Mongolia, a new cyclone. The level of water in the rivers has already risen by 2.5 - 5.3 meters, where usually in summer the water is said to be a sparrow to the knee. The water level in Chita rose by 3 meters. The flooding of the lower parts of the city began. In Chita, I had to change the scheme of urban traffic between Nedorezov - Naberezhnaya - Zavalishina streets. The road under the overpass blocked the rising water. From the city had to evacuate about 3 thousand inhabitants. Three streets were flooded, 18 dacha cooperatives. In the city, eight temporary accommodation facilities were prepared. They took residents of Chita, Zheleznodorozhny and Ingodinsky districts. From the outside world, the water cut off the holiday village of Shishkino Island in the Chita district.
Flooding in Transbaikalia has broken all historical highs. This has not happened since the beginning of meteorological observations, that is, since 1936. On the edge of the mode of emergency. The liquidation of the consequences of the flood and the rescue operation involved 138 people, 25 pieces of equipment and 18 boats. Police officers monitor the order to prevent looting in areas where the population is evacuated.
Meanwhile, Russian media almost do not talk about floods. Many villages are left without communication. Three thousand people lost everything. Interestingly, another: the head of the Chudy Chita Anatoly Mikhalev and the head of the city administration of Chita Oleg Kuznetsov in the workplace appeared only on July 12, one was on vacation, the second - on a business trip.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations now massively sends SMS messages, but did not report the beginning of the flooding at all.
By July 12, totally 14 bridges had been destroyed, another 23 were severely damaged. Inundated 19 settlements. Closed the movement on the bridge between the Smolensk and Ugda rings on the federal highway "Amur" A rain in the eastern part of Transbaikalia on July 14 continued with renewed vigor. Now the threatening situation is developing in the Irkutsk region. Already there began the rise of water in the Vitim River.