A state of emergency was declared in parts of Russia’s Far East today, with residents ordered to evacuate after heavy rains flooded villages following Typhoon Hanun, which battered Japan earlier this week, it was announced. the local authorities.

After battering southern Japan, Hanun was downgraded to a tropical depression as it crossed North Korea yesterday.

In the Russian Far East, this morning 32 settlements were blocked while 543 homes as well as large sections of the road network were flooded, according to the authorities of the Primorye region.

In the towns of Ushurisk and Spask-Dalny in Primorye — a region in the Russian Far East whose administrative center is Vladivostok — residents were ordered to leave their homes.

“The water level is rising rapidly in the coastal areas of the city (Spask-Dalny),” Primorye authorities said on the Telegram messaging app.

Spasovka and Kulesovka rivers flow through the city of Spask-Dalny, home to over 44,000 people.

Evacuation orders were also issued for parts of Ushurysk, a city of more than 150,000 people located about 100 kilometers north of Vladivostok, where a dam built to deal with flooding broke, officials said.

A state of emergency has been declared in nine municipalities in Primorye, according to local authorities.