According to the president, against the background of natural disasters, the main task is to preserve the lives and health of people, as well as their property. Putin emphasized that all children from the affected regions should go to school from September 1
The natural disasters that have occurred in some Russian regions are unprecedented. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin during a videoconference meeting, the topic of which was the elimination of floods and forest fires.
“The scale and nature of natural disasters in some areas is absolutely unprecedented. For example, in the south, sometimes a monthly precipitation rate falls now in a few hours, and in Siberia, on the contrary, in the Far East, natural, climatic, atmospheric conditions developed like this, forest fires in conditions of drought, wind gusts spread rapidly, he said.
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During the meeting, Putin paid special attention to the situation with fires in Yakutia and with floods in the Krasnodar Territory and the Crimea. “As I was informed, there is no threat to residential and socially significant objects in Yakutia at the moment, but 13 forest fires are located in a five-kilometer zone from settlements,” Putin said.
Speaking about the situation with floods in the south of the country, the head of state noted that the Crimea and Kuban were the most affected. According to him, all urgent measures should be taken by federal departments, regional and municipal authorities. “We need to act quickly and as efficiently as possible,” Putin stressed.
As the President noted, the main task is to preserve the lives and health of people, as well as their property. “If necessary, it is necessary to prepare all means to immediately send children, the elderly, women, especially pregnant women to safe places,” he noted.
Putin stressed that in the fight against natural disasters, it is necessary to use and analyze the experience gained over the past years and over the past weeks. “As well as in order to debug all aspects related to the provision of material, medical, and social assistance to the victims,” Putin said.
The President said it was necessary to adopt plans for the restoration of residential buildings and premises, socially significant objects damaged due to fires and floods. On the eve of the start of the school year, the Head of State emphasized that all children from the affected areas should go to school in a timely manner, and socially important institutions should be repaired as quickly as possible.
This year, large forest fires occurred in Karelia and in several regions of the Siberian and Far Eastern Federal Districts. In the south of the country, on the contrary, floods were observed due to heavy precipitation. In the last few weeks, large-scale wildfires have occurred in Yakutia, floods in the Crimea and the Krasnodar Territory.
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