34,000 people have been evacuated to safety during floods in Siberian Federal District-EMERCOM deputy head

BARNAUL, June 5 (Itar-Tass) - A total of 34,000 people have been evacuated to safety over the period of floods in the Siberian Federal District, Eduard Chizhov, Deputy Minister of Russia's Emergency Control Ministry (EMERCOM), told a press conference on Thursday. He said 18,000 houses had been flooded. "The rescuers have completed evacuation operations and set about damage-control ones," the Deputy Minister pointed out. He said that in the Solonesheskoye District of Altai Territory, rescuers would set up three pontoon bridges in place of those ruined; 350 rescuers and 20 units of machinery had been sent to the city of Biisk. "There are currently more than 9,000 members of EMERCOM personnel, all in all, in the four regions hit by the floods. Those regions have been also provided with 150 tonnes of humanitarian supplies," Chizhov said. Learn more on itar-tass.com