Vitebsk region's Horadok is no longer threatened by flooding - Ministry of Emergency Situations

April 14, Minsk / Vladimir Matveev - BELTA /. There is no threat of further flooding of residential buildings in Horadok (Vitebsk region). This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by Vitaly Novitsky, press secretary of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Belarus. Currently, 9 residential buildings and 28 farmsteads are flooded in Horadok. No further rise in water levels is recorded. "Some residents of the flooded houses have temporarily moved in with relatives, while others have decided to stay in their homes. There is no threat to their lives and health," Vitaly Novitsky noted. As reported, the cause of the flooding of residential buildings in Horadok was rain. In the past 24 hours, a large amount of precipitation fell there - 24 mm, with a ten-day norm of 13 mm. As a result of heavy rain, the water level in the Horazhanka River rose. Constant monitoring of the hydrological situation is being carried out on site. -0-