“In Odessa, on September 30, almost two months of rainfall fell in seven hours, which caused flooding and emergency in the city. Mayor Gennady Trukhanov reported a difficult but controlled situation”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“The situation is complicated but controlled. All utilities are still working. Separate thanks to the SES units that rescued people in flooded areas, ”Trukhanov wrote in a telegram.
He claims that on October 1, bad weather is expected and urged the locals to protect themselves and comply with the safety rules.
In the Odessa region, work is underway to eliminate the consequences of bad weather, which involves more than half a thousand utility workers, brigades of energy and rescuers of the SES, as well as 85 units of special equipment, in the evening the head of the regional military administration Oleg Kiper reported in the evening.
According to him, as of 21:00, the SES units rescued 231 people, evacuated 46 pieces of equipment from the water, including three ambulances.