Hydrologists note flooding of private houses and outbuildings in the Western Dvina and Berezina basins

April 1, Minsk / Tatyana Lobas - BELTA /. The spring flood is making itself felt more and more with each passing day. In a number of regions of Belarus, private houses and outbuildings are being flooded not only by meltwater but also by river waters, with water overflowing into floodplains and agricultural land. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by Marina Nagibina, head of the hydrological forecasts department of the Republican Hydrometeorological Center. Over the past day, flooding has also been observed on the Western Dvina. In the Vitebsk region, in Verkhnedvinsk, farmsteads and outbuildings have been flooded by the overflow of the Western Dvina, the Klimovshchina-Burakovo road has been washed away, in the Liozno district near the village of Osipenki, a wooden bridge has been flooded by the Chernitsa River, and in the Beshenkovichi district near the village of Ulyanka, a wooden bridge and individual outbuildings have been flooded by the Ulla River near the village of Bocheykovo. Water has approached private houses in Beshenkovichi, Shcharchovshchyna, and Postavy. Here, some private houses and outbuildings have also been flooded. The entire Western Dvina River has already broken up, and ice drift is observed. Water levels in the Western Dvina basin continue to rise with a daily intensity of 7 to 80 cm. In the Brest region, in the Luninets district near the village of Dyatlovichi, outbuildings and gardens have been flooded by the Tsna River. On the Berezina River near the city of Borisov, houses, farmsteads, and outbuildings adjacent to the river have been flooded. During the spring flood, an increase in water levels and flooding are usually observed in this zone. On other rivers, the daily rise in water levels ranges from 1 to 47 cm, including the upper reaches of the Dnieper and Sozh rivers in Russia. -0-