Last winter in the Urals was snowy, precipitation everywhere was much higher than the norm. And although weather forecasters suggest that the spring will be protracted, the regions are preparing for the flood thoroughly.
Kurgan region
During the spring flood, 92 settlements of the Trans-Urals, where more than 18 thousand people live, may be in the zone of possible flooding.
According to preliminary data from the Kurgan Center for Hydrometeorology and Monitoring environment, at average weather conditions April and May maximum levels water in most rivers will be 0.5-1 meter above the norm. In the Tobol River basin, water can rise 2.5-3.5 meters above the long-term average. Near the village of Zverinogolovskoye, the rise of Tobol is expected to be up to nine, and in Kurgan itself - up to 8 meters. True, weather forecasters make a reservation: the forecast is approximate, much will depend on the weather and discharges from reservoirs in neighboring regions and Kazakhstan.
With heavy rainfall and a friendly spring in many rivers, the water will come out into the floodplain, warns the head of the department, Marina Nosova. - In places, flooding of bridges, road sections, economic facilities, as well as individual houses located in floodplains is possible.
According to the first deputy governor of the region, Viktor Sukhnev, taking into account snow reserves and errors in the forecast, it is necessary to prepare for the worst - for water levels up to 10 meters. By the way, last year Tobol near Zverinogolovsky rose to the bar of 8.86, and in Kurgan - 8.07 meters. Regional center dams designed for 10.5 meters were protected, but the outlying microdistricts and urban settlements, summer cottages, gardens and vegetable gardens floated. In Dalmatovsky, Shatrovsky districts and the city of Shadrinsk, an emergency regime was generally introduced: dozens of courtyards and several houses were flooded there. It is possible that events will develop according to the same scenario this year as well.
However, the authorities say they are ready to repel the elements. More than 48 million rubles are provided for the elimination of possible consequences, including 28 million from local budgets. According to the data of the Regional Administration for Rehabilitation of Territories and Protection of the Population, over the past ten years, the limit of funds allocated from the regional reserve fund for floods has never been exceeded. That is enough money.
80 percent of the readiness is provided by organizational measures that do not require any costs, - explained the chairman of the interdepartmental commission of the Siberian Regional Center of the Russian Emergencies Ministry for assessing the readiness of the subjects of the Ural Federal District for the flood and fire hazard period Alexander Yeremeev.
According to the head of the commission, there is everything that is required for the passage of melt water in the Trans-Urals. It is only necessary to properly manage resources, quickly send people and equipment to where they are most needed.
80 percent of flood preparedness is provided by organizational measures that do not require any costs
Meanwhile, experts believe that the issue of clearing the channel of the main water artery of the Trans-Urals - Tobol is long overdue. The river is overgrown with mud and reeds, so melt waters sometimes rush into yards and roads.
Tyumen region
About 40 million rubles were allocated from the budget of the Tyumen region for anti-flood engineering measures in Ishim. In April 2016, a significant part of the territory of this city, which lies in the southeast of the region, was in the flood zone. The Ishim River, its tributary Karasul, which had gained destructive power back in Kazakhstan, overflowed its banks. Hundreds of houses were flooded, about 900 people had to be evacuated. At that time, half a billion rubles were allocated from the regional treasury to provide apartments for homeless citizens, to repair housing, and to pay compensation to the victims. This, for comparison, is almost a third of the annual income of the municipality.
In order to prevent such a revelry of the elements, in the second half of last year, 15 million rubles were allocated for clearing, deepening and widening river beds, cutting bushes on the banks, and removing accumulated rubbish. With the beginning of active snow melting, daily monitoring of the state of the river water area will begin here. The height of the snowdrifts is again such that with an intense attack of heat, flooding is unlikely to be avoided.
We know all the potential flood zones in the region, keep them under control, and build protective structures. We are ready to deliver food and medicine to villages that water will cut off from the main roads. We will make sure that children can get to school normally. But we cannot protect everyone from the flood. Those living in such zones need to insure their homes, consider actions to save personal property, says Tyumen Governor Vladimir Yakushev.
Sverdlovsk region
According to experts, the 2017 flood will exceed the average long-term level in the Middle Urals by 37 percent. Perhaps it will be even higher than last year, when a number of territories, especially in the north-east of the region, were in the flood zone. Now, 76 settlements, with which transport communication may be disrupted, are being delivered food and medicine, plans for the evacuation of citizens in case of emergency have been clarified. 39 boat and ferry crossings are organized in 24 villages.
High floods are also expected in Yekaterinburg. Public utilities removed a record amount of snow from the streets of the city - over 1.2 million tons. But if last year the average volume of melt water, according to MUP "Vodokanal", amounted to 185 million cubic meters, then this year it will be even more. Specialists are preparing hydraulic structures: they inspect and check the mechanisms and power supply systems, free the gates that regulate the discharge of water from ice.
According to the minister natural resources and ecology of the Sverdlovsk region Alexei Kuznetsov, the task is not only to safely pass flood waters through hydraulic structures, but also to fill reservoirs for uninterrupted water supply to the inhabitants of the region in the summer.
It is under special control of the regional flood control headquarters.
Hydrological state of rivers
There is a decline in the level in all rivers, except for the Urals.
R. Ural (Yanvartsevo) +11 cm, total increase by 375 cm, actual level - 557 cm (dangerous level - 1250 cm),
R. Ural (Uralsk) +6 cm, total increase by 378 cm, actual level - 492 cm (dangerous level - 850 cm),
R. Ural (Kushum village) +10 cm, total increase by 319 cm, actual level - 459 cm (dangerous level - 850 cm),
R. Ural (village Taipak) +12 cm, total increase by 249 cm, actual level - 363 cm (dangerous level - 850 cm),
Kushum channel (Kushum village) +6 cm, total increase by 194 cm, actual level - 751 cm (dangerous level - 800 cm).
The average actual volume of water in reservoirs owned by the Republic is about 26%.
There are no overflows of water on the roads.
In the village of Zhalpaktal, due to the rise in water on the Bolshoy Uzen River, 7 residential buildings remained cut off. The crossing was organized by the OSO DES WKO (4 l / s, 1 boat, 1 piece of equipment).
In general, the calculation of the groupings of forces and means involved in flood conditions is 76 formations, 1946 personnel and 920 pieces of equipment, incl. 431 units special equipment, 39 swimming facilities and 125 motor pumps; including 595 personnel and 165 units. equipment, 15 swimming facilities and 8 motor pumps.
The situation in the region is stable. There is no threat of flooding of settlements, the vital activity of the population is not disturbed.
According to the forecast of the GCF of Kazhydromet JSC, the water level in the Ural River is expected to rise above the norm (the norm is 591 cm, according to the forecast - 600-700 cm). The expected level threatens to flood the dacha communities located in the floodplain of the river. Ural (1st dacha, 2nd dacha). More than 2,500 people (750 houses) permanently live on the territory of the city in the floodplains of the Ural rivers.
48 temporary accommodation points have been identified in the region, including 28 in Uralsk.
The situation in the region is stable. There is no threat of flooding of settlements.
To date, the main goal is to safely pass flood waters and accumulate water in reservoirs and estuaries.
In the Orenbursk region Russian Federation
On the Chagan River, the Sergievsky point is observed a level drop of -7 cm, a total rise of 657 cm (critical level 870 cm).
Along the tributaries of the Ural River
On the Sakmara River, the Kargala point is observed a level rise of +3 cm, a total rise of 482 cm (critical level 870 cm).
On the Ilek River, the Veseliy-1 point level rose by 18 cm, the total rise by 235 cm (critical level 400 cm).
Discharge from the Iriklinskoye reservoir is 25 cubic meters per second (last year, for the same period, the discharge from was 30 cubic meters per second, in 2015 - 15 cubic meters per second). The inflow of water through the Iriklinskoye reservoir is 726 cubic meters per second.
0.6 cubic meters per second are discharged from the Varfolomeevsky reservoir (in 2016 -0).
EKATERINBURG, 4 April. /TASS/. Hydrologists do not expect the water level to rise to extreme levels in the basins of most large rivers during the spring flood in the Urals. federal district(UrFO) in 2017. According to experts, some low-water bridges, sections of roads and residential buildings located in the lowlands will be flooded, in particular, in the city of Irbit, Sverdlovsk Region, where in 2016 the most difficult flood was observed in the last 20 years, the head of the department of hydrological forecasts of the Hydrometeorological Center of the Urals told TASS Directorate for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring Neli Miroshnikova.
"We do not expect extreme water levels. We expect the water level to rise by and above the norm up to 0.5 meters - in some places up to a meter. Last year, the excess was two meters above the norm. Each river has its own norm. Low-water bridges across the rivers Tura, Sosva, Nitsa, Pyshma (Sverdlovsk region), sections of roads, as well as some houses located in the lowlands, in particular, in the city of Irbit," Miroshnikova said.
According to her, now negative temperatures are still holding in the region. "IN last years we had a trend towards earlier springs. This year, in the Urals, the temperature will cross zero on April 6-7, which corresponds to the long-term average," the agency's interlocutor said.
Miroshnikova added that the amount of snow accumulated on the rivers in 2017 slightly exceeded the norm and its melting would not lead to critical consequences. "Last year, snow reserves exceeded the norm by 50%, this year the excess is on average 15-20%, and it is not critical. The upcoming warming with maximum air heating up to 8 degrees Celsius will not lead to sudden snowmelt," the expert explained.
She noted that despite the favorable forecast, the situation could be aggravated by precipitation in the form of rain, as happened in 2016, when the cities of Ishim, Irbit, Shadrinsk, and Kurgan were flooded in the Tyumen, Sverdlovsk and Kurgan regions.
Readiness of strategic facilities
Reftinskaya and Sredneuralskaya GRES, the largest in the Sverdlovsk Region, are ready for the flood, which, according to Roshydromet, will come in the second decade of April, the press service of the energy company PJSC Enel Russia in the Ural Federal District reported.
"The main part of the measures for the passage of spring flood waters through the hydraulic structures (HTS) of the Sredneuralskaya and Reftinskaya GRES has been completed. Control over the implementation of the action plan was entrusted to a specially created commission headed by deputy directors for production. At present, the spillways of the dam of the Isetsky and Reftinskaya reservoirs have been released from ice, an audit of the pumps was carried out," the press service said. Power engineers warned the Ural fishermen about the danger of going out on the ice in the current period and the ban on fishing in the area of the hydrotechnical structures of the power plant.
Flood situation under control
According to Miroshnikova, the most difficult flood situation this spring is expected in the Kurgan region due to rising water levels in the Tobol River. According to the forecasts of the hydrologist, the surroundings of Kurgan, located in the lowland, may be in the flood zone. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Kurgan region, the active phase of the flood period is forecast this year in the second and third decades of April.
"In this regard, not only the airmobile grouping of the main department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the Kurgan Region, but also additional forces and means of the Urals Federal District - the Ural Training and Rescue Center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, have been put on readiness to respond and carry out preventive measures," the ministry said in a statement. It is also noted that on this moment the flood situation in the Trans-Urals is stable, the rivers have not yet opened from ice.
The flood situation is also under control in the Tyumen region, in particular, in the city of Ishim, where in 2016 there was a complex flood over the past 40 years. The governor of the Tyumen region Vladimir Yakushev at today's meeting of the security board, which was held by the plenipotentiary representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Urals Federal District Igor Kholmanskikh, said that in the region this year the water rise above the norm is expected on the Irtysh, Tura, Ishim rivers, and the Vagai river may rise to 1.5 - 2.5 meters above the norm. Up to 116 settlements in 17 municipalities may be in the zone of possible flooding.
"A drainage canal was built in the Ishim District - from Lake Sukhoe to discharge part of the flow of the Mergenka River into the Ishim River. Animal burial grounds, landfills for solid domestic waste do not fall into flood zones. A group of forces and funds: 6.5 thousand personnel, 1.450 thousand units of equipment," the press service of the governor specified.
In the Sverdlovsk region, they also developed a set of measures to prepare for the flood. In the zone of possible flooding may be 211 settlements in 65 municipalities. Ivan Pavlenko, Acting Head of the Russian Emergencies Ministry for the Sverdlovsk Region, said that more than 12,000 rescuers, 2,800 pieces of equipment and 105 boats were ready for the flood in the region.
2016 flood
Last year, more than 170 residential buildings were in the flood zone due to flooding in the Tyumen region, almost 400 people were evacuated. The most difficult situation was observed in the city of Ishim.
In the neighboring Sverdlovsk region, 35 settlements were flooded, 749 adjacent territories, 365 residential buildings and 24 garden plots were flooded. 274 people were evacuated, including 98 children. The most difficult situation was observed in the city of Irbit. Also flooded were the cities of Kurgan and Shadrinsky in the Kurgan region, where the flood situation last year was exacerbated by heavy rains.
Active work is underway in the Sverdlovsk region to prevent the consequences of natural disasters, but problems cannot be avoided
In the Sverdlovsk region, during the upcoming floods, three villages near Nizhny Tagil may fall into the zone of probable flooding. This was reported in the press service of the city administration to a REGNUM correspondent.
According to Andrey Zhbanov, head of the civil protection department of the administration of Nizhny Tagil, 70 houses are in the zone of possible flooding. Of these, 29 buildings are in Visimo-Utkinsk, 21 in Baronskaya and 20 houses in Yevstyunikha. The mayor's office said that the necessary explanatory work with the population has already been carried out, and all measures are being taken to mitigate the consequences of upcoming floods. In particular, work is underway to reduce the water level in reservoirs so that in the future they can receive flood waters in full.
As REGNUM reported earlier, in the spring of 2017, severe floods are expected in the Sverdlovsk region, and the estimated start time falls on April 10. One of the main reasons for the upcoming natural disaster is an unusually snowy winter.
Flooding threatens not only the settlements of the Nizhny Tagil urban district. At worst development situation, it is expected in 11 settlements, 223 houses, where 335 people live. At a meeting of the Government of the Sverdlovsk Region on March 14, 2017, the Minister of Public Security Alexander Kudryavtsev reported that 76 settlements in 14 municipalities could be temporarily cut off from normal communications. Flooding threatens 13 low-water bridges.
Kudryavtsev stressed that the delivery of 147 tons of necessary food and essential goods in settlements, which may become difficult to access due to the upcoming natural disaster. Also, 29 temporary ferry crossings will be opened during the passage of flood waters.
Traditionally, in addition to Nizhny Tagil, at least eight municipalities may find themselves in a dangerous flood zone. Among them are the city of Irbit, the Irbitsky municipality, Slobodo-Turinsky and Baikalovsky municipal districts, as well as Talitsky, Tavdinsky and Turinsky urban districts.
In the Sverdlovsk region, an audit of hydraulic structures (HTS) is already underway. And the governor of the Sverdlovsk region, Yevgeny Kuyvashev, instructed all ministries and departments responsible for preparing for the flood period to ensure strict control over the state of all potentially dangerous objects in the region. More than 185 million rubles will be allocated in 2017 for the repair of the regional gas transmission system in 2017.
In 2016, floods in the Sverdlovsk region began in early April. All major rivers of the region came out of their banks: Iset, Tavda, Tagil, Tura, Ufa and others. Mode emergency was introduced in Irbit, Turinsky and Tavdinsky urban districts, in the Slobodoturinsky municipality and other districts of the region. As a result of a natural disaster, property and housing were damaged by many residents of the region who fell into the disaster zone. Then the government of the Sverdlovsk region promised to compensate for the damage suffered, but, judging by reports in the local press, things are not so rosy, the victims still cannot receive full payments.
According to NDNews.ru, so far the victims of the 2016 flood have received only 10,000 "moral" as a lump sum payment. This process began in August last year after the Urals wrote an angry letter to the president of the RRF. The regional government began to allocate funds from the regional reserve fund. Subsidies in the amount of 21 million rubles were given to the Irbitsky district, Garyam, Verkhoturye, Slobodo-Turinsky municipal district and Turinsky municipal district, where more than 2 thousand people suffered from spring water. But the question of compensation for material damage in the form of 50 thousand rubles remained up in the air. Such a situation, in particular, arose in Irbit, whose authorities were suing the prosecutor's office for a long time on the subject of who was entitled to this amount. Ultimately, the Sverdlovsk Regional Court indicated that compensation of 50,000 was due to each victim of the disaster. And since the flood in Irbit was recognized as a federal emergency, funds should be allocated from the reserve fund of the Russian government, Newdaynews.ru reports.
However, even today, according to local residents, the funds have not yet been paid, and they carried out the repair of their damaged houses and household plots on their own. Expecting that the flood will be even stronger in 2017, some residents living in the potential flood zone are trying to insure their property, and since they are not entitled to any subsidies, they have to pay for insurance from their own funds. At the same time, insurers accept such applications reluctantly.
Now, preparations for the flood are underway again. And we can confidently say that as soon as the elements begin to rage, people will not remain abandoned. Rescue services will work on the ground, officials will create commissions and work at the interdepartmental level. The elements will be overcome, just like in 2016. But will it not turn out that as soon as the water comes down, all the promises of compensation and assistance to the victims will again float with it?
Details on IA REGNUM: https://regnum.ru/news/accidents/2250310.html
YEKATERINBURG, March 20. /TASS/. More than 20 districts of the Urals Federal District, dozens of roads and bridges fall into the zone of a possible emergency during the onset of spring floods. The authorities in the regions, rescuers and weather forecasters told how the preparations for the flood in the regions of the Urals are going.
Reconstruction and construction of dams
The flood has been hard in recent years in the Tyumen region. In April 2016, the city of Ishim, with a population of more than 65 thousand people, experienced the strongest flood in the last 40 years - the water level in the Karasuli River reached 868 cm. declared a state of emergency.
Sergey Yusko, spokesman for the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the Tyumen Region, told TASS that preparations for the flood began in 2017, and preventive measures are being taken in 26 municipalities. According to Yusko, in the Isetsky district of the region, in order to reduce the risk of emergencies, it is planned to clean the culverts and channels for the removal of melt water, to strengthen the earthen rampart in the village of Isetskoye. It is also planned to reconstruct 16 and build ten hydraulic structures (HTS) in the region.
"Total in urban districts and municipal areas In the Tyumen region, whose territories are subject to the threat of flooding, 353 temporary accommodation centers can be deployed with the possibility of accommodating more than 63 thousand people. In general, the RSChS system of the Tyumen region is ready for the flood-prone period of 2018," the agency's interlocutor concluded.
Undermining, blackening and sawing ice
In Kurgan, they began to prepare for the flood on March 15 - then the sawing of ice on the Tobol River began. “The ice is marked into squares and cut to a depth of 60-70 cm with the help of special saws. When the water level in the river rises, the ice will break into small fragments and pass the alignment of a bridge, dam or other hydraulic structure without hindrance. This method, unlike undermining ice mass, safe, does not harm buildings and structures located nearby," the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Kurgan Region reported.
This year, the thickness of ice on the rivers of the region is from 50 to 70 cm. square meters ice. The cutting depth will be more than 70% of the total thickness of the ice cover, the ministry said.
Similar events are planned in the city of Dalmatovo. Konstantin Yurovskikh, Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Kurgan Region, told TASS that the flood in the region is expected to be at the level of 2017. Preliminarily, the threat of emergencies is expected in the Dalmatovsky, Shadrinsk, Tselinny and Belozersky districts of the Kurgan region.
Flood forecast for Chelyabinsk region not yet known. Traditionally, the south of the region and the mining zone fall into the flooding zone. "Everything will depend on the amount of precipitation, the temperature that will be in March-April. Presumably, the flood will not be lighter than last year," the press service of the regional Ministry of Emergency Situations told TASS, adding that there were no floods in the region a year earlier Emergency.
While the rescuers of the region are preparing to blacken the ice with paint so that it heats up more in the sun and melts, and other activities. Also from next week, pyrotechnics are planned to start working on the reservoirs.
Getting ready in advance
In the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (YNAO), they began to prepare for the flood in advance. According to forecasts, "big water" will come to the region in June, but the road workers of the Arctic region have already begun preparations. In winter, it fell on Yamal a large number of snow, which can worsen the condition of roads and artificial structures.
According to the department of transport and road facilities of the district, with an increase in the humidity of the embankment of roads, their bearing capacity decreases. Road workers clear snow from culverts, remove snow from road embankments, from approaches to bridges.
“For this period, flood control teams are also on duty on the roads, equipment and workers are on duty around the clock. Additionally, weight restrictions are introduced. Vehicle and weight control points are starting to work actively," the department added.
Preparations for the flood began in the Sverdlovsk region. According to the regional department of information policy, the territories of seven municipalities may be in the spring flood zone - Karpinsk, Krasnoufimsk, Slobodo-Turinsky and Baikalovsky districts, Makhnevo, Talitsa and the Turin urban district.
The regional ministries of health and the agro-industrial complex are preparing to create stocks of food, essential goods and medicines in these municipalities. The task was also to provide backup options transport communication in case sections of roads are temporarily flooded.
According to the Ural Department for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, the beginning of the flood in the Sverdlovsk region is expected in the first ten days of April.
