In anticipation of flooding in Tomsk began a mass migration of rat
Forecasts Municipality of Tomsk on the possibility of mass migration in rats due to floods, were prophetic. In the neighborhood Cheremoshniki residents witnessed the mass migration of large numbers of rodents. Rats massively migrating to other areas of the city, fearing a flood. By this fact in "Tomskgeomonitoringe" treated very seriously.
- The case is an interesting, but then everything has to be verified - said Boris Yegorov, head of monitoring the state of the subsoil of the Tomsk region - the area periodically flood the city, so it is possible, the residents saw the usual seasonal migration of rodents. But in any case, this information will not remain unheeded.
Flood
Regarding the forecast of the coming flood in "Tomskgeomonitoringe" said the now considering "all options", including the option to raise the level of water in Tom at 20 meters.
- Flooding in any case be very difficult, - said Boris Yegorov - but so far no accurate prediction. Now in many places on the Tom formed frozen congestion of sludge arising due to ice flows in the autumn. This greatly complicate the picture of the flood. Everything here depends on the weather, if greatly be established zero temperature in the range of 20 degrees, it is possible "explosive development of the flood. Possible options for raising water for 20 and 30 meters. More aware of the situation in the Tomsk Center for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring "
(PG Tomsk ITF ").
However, in PG Tomsk ITF "we were told that" forecasts are no longer manifest and does not comment ".
- We have various options for the flood situation, - said Head of Aleksey Krutovsky - but the management area, we now banned something to comment on. Very often given incorrect information, so now all the information goes through the Deputy Governor of the construction, utilities, road system, Civil Defense and Emergencies, Igor Shaturnogo. A more detailed forecast flood will be given today in the afternoon.
Recall, 27 March Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, predicts in the case of the establishment in April, warm weather emergency in the upper river Ob, Tom, Lena, and the record flood.
- Especially worrisome situation for the Asian territory of Russia, the rivers - the Upper Ob, Tom, Lena, where large ice thickness, with a sharp warming can be expected even catastrophic developments on the script in 2001 - said the acting head of the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Monitoring Environmental Alexander Frolov.
In May 2001 the water level in the Lena River exceeded the maximum flood and reached 20 meters, seven centimeters. Already in the first days after the catastrophic floods were flooded 98% of the city Lenskaya in safe places had to be evacuated almost 23 thousand
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