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MOSCOW—Over 2,000 people have been evacuated from flooded areas of the Primorye region in Russia’s Far East, emergency officials said Sunday. The heavy downpours that flooded villages in the region were slated to bring double the monthly rainfall to some areas over the weekend, according to Russian state media. “More…

Russia's TASS news agency quoted the ministry as saying the number of flooded homes stood at 4,368 while 5,654 adjoining plots and 7 apartment buildings also were flooded. It said most of the affected homes were in the cities of Ussuriysk and Spassk-Dalny, and in the Oktyabrsky municipal district, in the region of Primorye, where the port of Vladivostok is the administrative center.

The press service of the Russian emergencies ministry reported early on Sunday that the typhoon had already left the region’s territory

The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations Has been sent to the Primorsky Territory to combat floods in the area.

Nearly 5,000 buildings had been flooded in the region which borders China and North Korea. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Also, transport communication has been cut with 28 populated areas

Authorities say nearly 5,000 buildings inundated in the Primorye region.  

Typhoon Khanun in Russia: The number of flooded homes stood at 4,368 while 5,654 adjoining plots and 7 apartment buildings also were flooded. | World News

Russia sent a task force to oversee cleanup of parts of the country’s Far East on Sunday after Typhoon Khanun passed...

Russia has evacuated more than 2,000 people from flooded areas in its Far East, emergency officials said Sunday, after Tropical Storm Khanun brought heavy rains to the region.