Water pumping out of flooded houses in Sochi is over

As reported by Victor Filonov, the first deputy mayor of the resort-city, water has been pumped out of all the houses flooded by torrential rains on June 25. Rescuers are cleaning riverbeds and flooded territories.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on June 25 Sochi was flooded: 3 persons were hospitalized; one person was found dead. Hundreds of houses were flooded.

According to Filonov, the entire city social infrastructure is working, road are cleared. He noted that currently the emergency commission is evaluating the damage caused by the flooding.

The "Interfax" reports, referring to Filonov, that the June 25 downpour in Sochi flooded 736 households. However, the website of the Sochi administration reports, in its statement of June 27, that 803 households were damaged during the flooding.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.