State of emergency as ice-choked Lena River spills its banks in remote settlements
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Якутск, Республика Саха, Russia |
Thick ice and heavy spring floods combines to cause severe flooding in Yakutia. Specialists numbering around 100 have been moved from Baikal Search and Rescue Unit (Irkutsk region) and the Siberian Rescue Centre (Novosibirsk region) have been moved the the stricken region.
Amginsky District
Siberia Times