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Yakutia is among Russian regions where floods are most often
YAKUTSK, April 14. /TASS/. Hydrology models are able to forecast floods in Yakutia’s Arctic settlements, a leading expert of the Melnikov Permafrost Institute (the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Siberian Branch) Nikita Tananayev told TASS.
Every year, spring floods affect hundreds of settlements in the Far East. Yakutia is among Russian regions where floods are most often. Its 123 settlements, where 453,000 live, are located in the areas of regular floods.
Read also With great difficulty [in Yakutia] we have predicted dates when floods will begin, and we almost do not have forecasts for highest water levels in rivers during the flood. In addition to the autonomous systems to monitor water levels on Yakut rivers, using which we have suggested for quite a time, it is necessary to make hydrological models that can calculate the probability of flooding. Using such a model for northern regions has been of high demand, inc