In Yalta continue to pump water: released 29 facilities

Rescuers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and employees of the Yalta administration continue to eliminate the consequences of flooding. In Koreiz, drainage works have been completed, in Alupka and Miskhor district they are still underway. This was reported in the press service of the Main Department of EMERCOM in the Republic of Crimea.

In the trolleybus park on the work site, employees of the institution and administration began to remove stones, branches and soil applied by water.

In the village of Koreiz drainage work is completed. Rescuers redirected water to the channel, and in private homes and on the local territories use water pumping equipment and heat guns. Elderly people, people with limited mobility and large families are assisted.

Work continues in Alupka and Mishor district. Rescuers constantly monitor the situation, build temporary dams and divert water from private and apartment buildings to the riverbed.

On the Korean Highway, the water is still coming down from the protected mountain-forest zone - there drainage works and monitoring do not stop.

With the increasing result of the water released 29 objects. 8 objects remain flooded.

Monitoring of the operational situation is conducted around the clock, including using unmanned aerial vehicles.

In total, 50 temporary dams with a total length of 3777 meters were erected during the work. 8,191 bags were used for this purpose. Exported 1938 cubic meters of soil, cleared 520 meters of riverbeds Guva, Kara-Bair and Derekoika (Bystraya).

The flood was the result of record rains that hit Big Yalta on October 17-19, 2026. For three days in the district of Yalta fell 509 mm of precipitation – a historical maximum.

The most critical situation from the very beginning was in Koreiz: there the river Uzen-Ceshme came out of the banks, flooding residential buildings. The flooding in Koreiz was recognized as a municipal emergency.