The Kuban River has broken through a dam in one of the villages and is threatening neighboring farms.
In the Krasnodar region, the Kuban River has breached its dam, threatening at least five settlements and a section of highway located downstream.
Last weekend, Krasnodar rivers surged after heavy rainfall. Water began spilling over the edge of the dam. Local residents attempted to shore it up with whatever they could find. Now, the dam has breached on the other side.
"Where the breach occurred, all the fields are flooded. If this continues, it will reach the village from the other side. The water didn't reach the houses, but some yards are flooded. It turns out we have nothing to compensate for, but we're left without a harvest: all the fields were already sown. Now a new breach is flooding the fields again, even small farmsteads nearby," a local resident told NeMoskva.
On June 3, in several populated areas there was declared evacuation.
But according to a NeMoskva source, no one fled: people prevented the river from flooding their homes. Residents of the village of Troitskaya said they "held back the water" for six days—building a dam themselves, hauling sand, and searching for sacks. The village has a population of about 6000.
"It's frustrating and scary. We couldn't sleep, we were wasting our equipment. Ordinary people were filling the holes in the dam: they stuffed plastic film and cotton blankets into them, people took off their clothes! Ordinary men and women were screaming for help, but they didn't help us at all!" said a resident of Troitskaya.
We fought the flood mostly ourselves.
"At first, the authorities brought us sand, but then they stopped. There wasn't enough, so the guys started using tractors to dig sand out of the already flooded quarries. They also brought some bags, but they were extremely few. We started writing in groups ourselves; people brought bags themselves, and entrepreneurs helped. We collected a lot of bags," the Troitskaya residents say.
According to a local resident, this is the first time such a flood has occurred in Troitskaya, not counting Krymsk in 2012. But back then, there was no disaster.
"The situation seems to have gotten out of control for our district and regional authorities," suggests a NeMoskva source.
Water began to creep up the highway near the village. Emergency services arrived on the scene.
“At least it’s a little easier for our residents,” she concludes.
Video: source: NeMoskva
