A storm warning has been announced in Kuban due to heavy precipitation.

A storm warning is in effect in Kuban due to heavy rainfall. This was announced on August 3 by the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in the Krasnodar Territory.

"Due to the expected precipitation and taking into account the time of arrival, until the end of the day on August 3, as well as in the morning and afternoon of August 4 on the rivers and watercourses of the southwestern territory of the Krasnodar Territory (Goryachy Klyuch) and the Black Sea coast from Anapa to Magri (Goryachy Klyuch). Gelendzhik, Tuapse municipality), water levels are expected to rise to dangerous levels and above," the department's Telegram channel says.

The governor of the Krasnodar Territory, Veniamin Kondratiev, said that the Kuban authorities are taking operational measures to ensure the safety of citizens due to bad weather.

"I am monitoring the situation in the Tuapse municipal District. Weather conditions remain difficult. <...> Now rescuers are evacuating children's tourist groups who were vacationing in the area," he wrote on his Telegram channel.

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