The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Belarus notes a decrease in the intensity of water level rise in the Western Dvina

April 6, Minsk /BELTA correspondent/. The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Belarus notes a decrease in the intensity of water level rise in the Western Dvina River, BELTA was informed by the Ministry of Emergency Situations. "The water level is rising, but the intensity is decreasing. If five days ago the water was rising by 40 cm per day, yesterday it was 22 cm, and today the measurements showed about 12 cm," the Ministry of Emergency Situations noted. Residential buildings and farmsteads in Verkhnedvinsk and Disna (Miory district) remain flooded. As for other districts, the flood is receding everywhere, including in the Pripyat basin, which rescuers considered one of the most problematic. Over the past day, 46 private residential buildings and 87 farmsteads have been flooded in the republic. In total, 86 residential buildings and 863 farmsteads remain flooded.-0-