State road damaged in Zakarpattia due to landslide

State road damaged in Zakarpattia due to landslide

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Heavy rains caused landslides in Zakarpattia, damaging forest roads and a national highway.

In Transcarpathia , due to heavy rainfall, landslides occurred, which damaged forest roads and a national highway. UNN reports with reference to the head of the Transcarpathian RMA, Viktor Mykyta.   

Details

According to him, heavy precipitation caused a landslide in several settlements of Rakhiv district.

Natural disasters occurred in the villages of Lazeshchyna, Dilove and Yasinya. In particular, a second landslide was recorded in the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve near the Dragobrat resort.

Forest roads and the national highway H-09 Mukachevo - Rakhiv - Ivano-Frankivsk - Lviv were damaged due to the landslide. There is no threat to the lives and health of local residents

- Mykyta said.

Experts are currently assessing the extent of the damage. Relevant services are working on the ground.

Recall

Earlier, the danger of road flooding was warned in Chernihiv region. In particular, the State Emergency Service said that high water levels on the rivers of Chernihiv region could cause flooding of floodplains and roads, disrupting transport links to some villages.