In Belarus, 14 houses and over 370 yards remain flooded

April 3, Minsk /BELTA/. 14 houses and more than 370 household plots remain flooded in Belarus, mainly in the Vitebsk and Gomel regions, the Belarusian Ministry of Emergency Situations informed a BELTA correspondent. In addition, 613 garden plots of four gardening associations near the village of Tal'ka, Pukhovichi District, 82 plots of a dacha cooperative in Molodechno District, and 29 plots in Kirovsk District are flooded. Several villages remain cut off from the "mainland": 4 settlements in Petrikov District and the village of Polyanovka, Vetkovsky District. Overall, the situation is under control, the peak of the flood has passed, and water levels are only rising on the Western Dvina River. In the Polesia region, river water levels remain stable, and in some places are even decreasing by 2-3 cm. Units of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and employees of other departments are assisting the population in pumping out and managing meltwater. Continuous monitoring of the hydrological situation is underway. Food and medicines are being delivered by water to villages cut off from road traffic due to river flooding. Emergency response teams, the ОСВОД (Belarusian Voluntary Society for the Rescue of People on Water) and others are on duty. -0-