Rescuers are actively working on the ground, focusing their efforts on eliminating the consequences of flooding in the Lviv Region
Emergency workers continue to pump water from basements and residential buildings, help evacuate people, free cars.
Due to the heavy rains that passed yesterday and the flow of mountain rivers, two districts of our region – Drohobytskyi and Stryiskyi – were affected. What is the situation as of this hour.
flooding in Skhidnytsia
flooding in Skhidnytsia
flooding in Skhidnytsia
Drohobytsky district
Skhidnychanka river overflowed in Skhidnytsia. The water level rose by 1.5 m. Along the entire length of the river, the banks are washed away.
Flooded:
6 streets, about 100 residential buildings, 10 hotels, 11 shops, 15 cars, 5 local bridges were damaged.
Water was pumped out of 16 households.
Gas and water supply to the village was temporarily stopped. 2/3 of the settlement is still without electricity.
The units of the State Emergency Service rescued 45 people (including 8 children).
Due to damage to 1 bridge in the village. Novy Kropyvnyk and 2 bridges in the village. Sorry, there is no access to 16 settlements. A detour is possible.
Stryi district
In the settlements of Pidhorodtsi and Urych, the road surface was washed away, traffic was blocked in the most dangerous place. Detour is provided.
Rescuers evacuated 60 people from the Tustan reserve, where the championship of Ukraine in sports mountain tourism was taking place. Among them are 44 children. Some of them went home with the help of the railway, others were temporarily accommodated in a local people’s house.
As of this hour, the precipitation continues, but has decreased. The water went down by itself.
There are no victims or injured. The situation is under control. Rescue operations are ongoing.
We would like to thank our emergency services specialists, road workers and everyone who worked throughout the night to reduce the consequences of the disaster.
The video shows the situation in the village of Urych:
A meeting of the regional commission on technogenic and ecological safety and emergency situations took place in Lviv OVA.
📍The heads of the Drohobytska and Stryi district military administrations, together with the relevant local self-government bodies, were obliged to ensure the prompt implementation of emergency and rescue and other urgent works to eliminate the consequences of worsening weather conditions and rain floods in Skhidnytsia and Skolivska communities.
📍Lviv Regional Laboratory Center and the Main Department of the State Production and Consumer Service in Lviv Region will strengthen supervision of the sanitary and epidemiological situation in settlements affected by the consequences of worsening weather conditions in order to prevent outbreaks of infectious diseases.
📍People whose property has been damaged can contact the hotline of the region at 112 for advice 24 hours a day.
📍So that the damaged sections of the roads do not pose a threat to people’s lives and health, the situation is monitored on the ground by road workers, specialists of the State Emergency Service and law enforcement officers.