Cities in the lower reaches of mountain rivers are most affected by natural hazards, the scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center Roman Vilfand told RIA Novosti.
Among the coastal cities that are experiencing the maximum consequences of adverse weather, the meteorologist named Anapa, Gelendzhik, Sochi, as well as settlements of the Crimea.
Vilfand explained that it is not easy to predict the weather in mountainous areas, this is due to the difficult terrain and a large number of rivers. However, the most dangerous natural phenomena that affected the south of Russia were predicted by specialists of Roshydromet at least a day in advance.
The day before, the Hydrometeorological Center warned about dangerous weather in a number of Russian regions.
Earlier, Roman Vilfand said that the velvet season in the resorts of Russia this year will begin in the first decade of September.
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Will Cutbill (this is the name of the record holder) built a tower of M&M's chocolate dragees (photo 1). There are five candies in the design, but this was enough to break the record of a tower of four dragees. Cutbill spent 3 hours on this, shooting numerous attempts on video.
To a resident of Malaysia To Mohammed Makbel we managed to put 3 eggs on each other (photo 2), the con lasted 5 seconds, and this is also an achievement from the Guinness Book of Records.
Italian Silvio Sabba was able to hold a stack of 255 CD-ROMs on one finger(photo 3).
British Tom Holmes from & nbsp;2688 dominoes made a tower with a height of 5,275 m (photo 4), without binding them together.
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To an American To Brian Berg we managed to build a house of cards with a height of 7.85 m in a month. For this, he used cards from 1.8 thousand decks(photo 5). “The cards don’t fall for two reasons,” he explained.First, there are so many of them that the total weight gives the structure additional stability. Secondly, the weight is distributed by means of special card placement schemes called lattices.
Alexander Bendikov In Sevastopol, he installed a con – struction of 349 nails on the head of one nail driven into a wooden block(photo 6). Bendikov also managed to put another 1063 of the same knuckles on the domino rib (photo 7).
Circus artist from Rybinsk Mikhail Strigin not only balanced a working lawn mower weighing 8 kg (photo 8), holding it on his head, but also walked with it 71 m.
A & nbsp; Petersburger Nikolai Balashov masterfully balanced his own body. He was able to stay on the construction of 6 cylinders and 3 cans of drinks for as much as 5 minutes (photo 9).
The annual precipitation rate has fallen over the past 24 hours in Anapa and Temryuk, the head of the Krasnodar Territory Veniamin Kondratyev said, RIA Novosti reports.
The governor reported this to the Russian president, participating in a meeting on the elimination of the consequences of flooding and wildfires in the Russian Federation. Recall that Vladimir Putin held a video conference with the heads of regions on Saturday.
According to Kondratiev, in Anapa and Temryuk, “big water” began to actively mobilize and turn into a surge wave.
In Anapa, more than 450 people were evacuated from the territories flooded as a result of heavy rains on Saturday.
Recall that due to difficult weather conditions, an emergency mode is in effect in 14 municipalities of the Krasnodar Territory. The rains that have been falling since the evening of August 12 have caused power outages for 29 thousand residents of Kuban. Almost a thousand people were evacuated from four children’s camps amid flooding.
The Sochi authorities have organized round-the-clock monitoring of the water level in the rivers and prepared for the possible evacuation of citizens.
Earlier, the Hydrometeorological Center warned of thunderstorms from Saturday to Monday in the Krasnodar Territory and other regions of Russia.
Associate Professor of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the Ural State Medical University Ksenia Kartashova told the Russian newspaper why the sense of smell disappears with coronavirus.
According to her, when infected with COVID, the virus affects the cells that feed the respiratory-olfactory neurons.
“If neurons are deprived of these helper cells, they cease to function normally and recognize odors,” Kartashova noted.
Also, according to her, patients who had a hard time with the coronavirus had changes in the hippocampus.
“I must say, the entire chain of smell perception passes near the hippocampus, which is why certain smells cause a persistent emotional memory in us. Therefore, disorders in this area of the brain can also cause a distorted perception of odors, ” the doctor concluded.
In July, an employee of Novosibirsk State University reported that now there are fewer people who have impaired sense of smell and taste, gastrointestinal symptoms are more common. This is due to the spread of the delta strain.
According to the WHO, now the mutation “delta” is found on the territory of 142 countries.
The plot of the emergency in the hospital of Vladikavkaz
The Leninsky District Court of Vladikavkaz sent the chief physician of the republican clinical hospital under house arrest, where patients died as a result of an accident with oxygen.
According to TASS, citing a source in the court, the court chose such a measure of restraint for a period of two months.
Recall that on August 9, there was a breakthrough in the oxygen pipe that feeds the intensive care unit in the hospital. In this department there were patients connected to artificial lung ventilation devices. The tragedy claimed the lives of 11 people.
After the inspection, the specialists recorded a number of technical shortcomings and negligence on the part of the staff.The head doctor of the institution was detained.
Earlier it became known that before the accident, the chief physician informed the Minister of Health of the republic about problems with oxygen.
Deputy Prime Minister-Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District Yuri Trutnev instructed Roscosmos to prepare data on the area of forest fires in Yakutia, TASS reports.
According to him, accurate calculations will allow us to check the efficiency of the system data transfer.
Trutnev stressed that the fires went beyond the borders of the republic due to the spread of smoke and public resonance. He added that all the forces and means of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and Aviation Security are involved in the elimination of forest fires. In addition, local residents and employees of the Ministry of Defense provide assistance.
Recall that during the day, 17 wildfires were eliminated on the territory of the republic on an area of more than 57 thousand hectares. In total, the area of forest fires in Yakutia exceeded 7 million hectares. The area of all Yakut forests is 260 million hectares, 2-3% were affected by the fire.
The authorities of the Taimyr district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory declared a municipal emergency mode in connection with the death of 56 reindeer on the bank of the Khatanga River. This is stated on the website of the regional administration.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, two deer have gunshot wounds, the rest of the animals died while crossing the river. A criminal case has been initiated against unidentified persons under the article “Illegal hunting with causing major damage”.
The results of tests for anthrax disease of the found individuals were negative. The district authorities believe that the bulk of the dead animals weakened and drowned while crossing the river. Most of the dead animals are deer calves.
The day before, the prosecutor’s office also reported the discovery of hundreds more reindeer carcasses. The remains of 700 individuals were lifted from the bottom and stored on the bank of the Khatanga River in Taimyr, about 500 still remain in the water.
Recall that at the end of May, the cause of the death of deer in the Tigilsky district of Kamchatka was famine, then about 300 carcasses were found.
The power outage occurred in 11 settlements of the Krasnodar Territory, according to the website of the regional State Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
It is specified that 108 thousand people remain without electricity due to bad weather. Emergency recovery teams are working on the site.
Heavy rains were falling in the Kuban all night on August 13. The effect of the cyclone is predicted until the morning of August 16, the Ministry of Emergency Situations noted. An emergency situation is in effect in 14 municipalities.
As a result, 1,344 private households and 1,683 adjacent territories were flooded in 19 settlements.
The day before, it was reported that more than 930 children were evacuated from four rain-flooded camps in the Krasnodar Territory. In Sochi, all beaches are closed, local authorities have organized round-the-clock monitoring of the water level in rivers and warned citizens from areas of possible flooding to be ready for evacuation.
The Ministry of Health of China reported that more than half of the country’s population was vaccinated against the new coronavirus, writes Global Times.
According to the ministry, to date, 777 million people have been vaccinated against COVID-19.
Earlier, the authorities of the Chinese city of Wuhan checked almost all residents for the presence of a new coronavirus.
Last Sunday, the city completed testing for COVID-19, which was attended by more than 11.28 million people. The decision on mass testing was made on Tuesday after several new cases of infection were detected in the city.
At the end of 2019, an outbreak of a disease caused by a new type of coronavirus was reported in China. It was recorded in the city of Wuhan, located in Hubei Province. On March 11, WHO declared a COVID-19 pandemic in the world.On March 29, China announced the stopping of the coronavirus epidemic.
A representative of the American company Boeing said that the launch of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station has been postponed until at least September, Interfax reports.
“We will not launch the ship in August, but not because we did not try, the team conducted many checks and attempts to solve the problem, what they did was incredible,” he said.
It is noted that Boeing will dismantle the spacecraft from the Atlas V launch vehicle and return it to the assembly shop to fix problems that are most likely caused by corrosion of the valves caused by the leakage of the oxidizer.
Recall that the Boeing Corporation planned to conduct a test launch of the Starliner in unmanned mode on August 3.
The ship weighing 13 tons is designed for a crew of seven people and an autonomous flight for 60 hours. It was first launched to the ISS in unmanned mode at the end of 2019, but the docking with the station was then canceled due to technical problems.
