A landslide, which began as a result of
floods on July 29, continues in Chornohuzy village of the Vyzhnytskiy
district of the Chernivtsi Oblast.
According to an UNIAN
correspondent, so far people cannot stop it. According to the
information of the local headquarters for liquidation of natural
disaster consequences, the landslide zone includes more than 8 hectares
of territory. As of July 31, there are no victims, but the landslide
has ruined 22 houses, and another 85 houses are under threat of being
ruined, because the landslide is moving forward. The local gas network
and electric mains were destroyed.
More than 50 machineries,
Emergency Ministry employees from different Oblasts of Ukraine, are
working in the landslide zone. Meanwhile, local residents are being
evacuated. Local authorities made decision to pay victims 5 thousand
hryvnias [~US $1050] of first aid.
According to Chernivtsi Oblast
governor Volodymyr Kulish, who visited the landslide zone, all people
will be re-settled from the area, “because it is impossible to live
there any more”. People will be proposed to choose among new allotments
in the Oblast. They will also be provided with materials for building.
