An emergency mode has been introduced in the Arkhangelsk region of Bashkiria due to flooding.

A state of emergency (emergency) has been introduced in the Arkhangelsk region for the municipal level, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Bashkortostan announced on March 19.

It is specified that as a result of the rise in the level of the Inzer River in the village of Azovo, 42 house territories were flooded, 42 of them houses in which 62 people live. The height of the flooding is about a meter.

"A decision has been made to evacuate 80 residents, including 17 children, to a temporary residence (a secondary school in the village of Uzunlarovo), located 11 km from the village," the press service informed on the Telegram channel of the department.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that rescue operations in flooded areas to evacuate people from the danger zone are carried out using off-road vehicles, boats and buses.

59 people and 28 pieces of equipment were involved to eliminate the consequences of flooding.

The day before, the water level on the Sim River rose sharply in the city of Asha in the Chelyabinsk region, as a result of which a local emergency regime was introduced. Due to the sudden congestion in the northern part of the Sim River, flooding occurred in two districts of the city.