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Over 400 houses damaged as heavy rains batter Russia's southern republic

Xinhua, May 30, 2016 Adjust font size:

Heavy rains have damaged 430 houses and several infrastructure projects in Russia's southern Republic of Adygea, a local official said Monday.

"Fifty-four units of equipment are working right now in the settlement of Maikop City ... which suffered the most. Water pumping is ongoing there and a commission is evaluating the damage," Rashid Manapov, chairman of Adygea's Committee for Civil Defense and Emergencies, was quoted by Interfax as saying.

He added that 77.2 mm of rain was recorded in seven hours in Maikop, the capital city of the Republic of Adygea, and 33 mm of rainfall was recorded in four hours in its administrative district. Traffic was disrupted by the perilously high water level. Endi