The light and music fountain on Plotinka is being saved from floodwaters in Yekaterinburg.
The musical fountain in the Historical Square is under threat due to flooding, reports "URA.RU".
Due to the strong flow of water from the dam on the Iset River, there is a risk of damage to the hydraulic structure. To prevent it from being swept away by the water, the structure has been reinforced with cables and secured to special equipment on both banks, reports a correspondent from "URA.RU".
"At the dam, a large volume of water is being released, so the equipment of the Municipal Budgetary Institution 'Water Drainage and Artificial Structures' is holding the pontoon structure of the fountain," the city administration told the publication.
Let us remind you that in Yekaterinburg, as well as in the Gorno-Uralsky municipal formation, Pervouralsk, and Nizhnie Sergi, a state of emergency has been declared due to the flooding.
In Kushva, which was affected on June 22 due to a tornado, the state of emergency also continues to be in effect, the EAN agency reminds. Weather phenomenon researchers claim that the city became a victim of a classic tornado.
At the end of June, the Ural Hydrometeorological Center reported that Yekaterinburg received double the normal amount of precipitation in a month. After a heavy rain that hit Yekaterinburg on Monday, June 29, the streets in the central part of the city were submerged, and in Uralmash, so were the yards. Water penetrated into the entrances and underground parking lots.
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The light and music fountain on Plotinka is being saved from floodwaters in Yekaterinburg.
The musical fountain in the Historical Square is under threat due to flooding, reports "URA.RU". Due to the strong flow of water from the dam on the Iset River, there is a possibility of damage to the hydraulic structure.
