Russia relief convoy moving to Dniester reg affected by flood

MOSCOW, August 7 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Emergency Situations Ministry's
truck convoy with humanitarian supplies has departed for the Dniester
region that has been affected by major floods, the ministry's press and
information department told Itar-Tass. "It started from Noginsk outside
Moscow where the Emergencies Ministry's rescue centre is located, at
05:00, Moscow time, Thursday," a ministry official specified.
Nine trucks with the symbols of the Russian ministry will deliver to
the affected areas of the unrecognised republic 54 tonnes of food
products, as well as tents, folding beds, blankets, electric power
stations, motor pumps and water filters.
The total weight of the humanitarian cargo is 92 tonnes.
According to the Dniester region's administration, about 800 houses
have been flooded or inundated, and over 1,000 people evacuated.
Damage from floods is put at 13.5 million dollars.
A state of emergency has been decreed in the Dniester region until
August 9.