A boat with tourists was saved from flooding in the Leningrad region

A sinking boat with tourists was rescued in the Priozersky district of the Leningrad region. They were flooded during a storm on Vuoksa.

According to the 78 TV channel, those who called 112 said that there were two adults, a 10-year-old child and a 16-year-old teenager, on the island 3 km from the Rosy Dawn boat station near Priozersk.

Employees of the search and rescue squad of Priozersk managed to evacuate tourists from the island. They were taken to the city.

Earlier it was reported that the first July flood in 160 years is expected in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region. This is due to the passage of a cyclone. The water level rise can reach 1.9 m.