Residents of the Sverdlovsk village have been urged to prepare for evacuation.
According to the head of the Novouralsk urban district, Vyacheslav Tyumentsev, on Saturday, July 18, starting at 14:00, the water discharge volume will be increased to 14 cubic meters per second. Before the work begins in the village of Verkh-Neyvinsky, a warning siren will be sounded once. Subsequently, the discharge volume is planned to be increased by 2 cubic meters per second every two hours until 20:00.
In addition, traffic will be restricted towards the area of potential flooding.
On Sunday, July 19, at 10:00, a warning siren will sound again in Verkh-Neyvinsky. After that, throughout the day, the water discharge volume will also be increased in stages.
According to Vyacheslav Tyumentsev, control points have been established along the discharge channel, and the administration of the Verkh-Neyvinsky urban district is conducting door-to-door visits to residents whose homes are in the potential flooding zone. All services are ready to organize the evacuation of the population if necessary.
Residents in the potential flooding area are advised to leave the dangerous territory in advance, take their documents and most valuable belongings with them, and not to stay overnight in collective gardens No. 4 and No. 5.
The administration emphasized that the increase in the discharge volume is a necessary measure to prevent the dam from breaking and more serious consequences.
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Residents of the Sverdlovsk village have been urged to prepare for evacuation.
In Verkh-Neyvinsky, the water discharge will be gradually increased to prevent a dam breach. As reported by the head of the Novouralsk urban district, Vyacheslav Tyumentsev, on Saturday, July 18, starting from 2:00 PM, the volume of water discharge will be increased to 14 cubic meters per second.
