On July 7, 2012, after heavy rains, several settlements of the Krasnodar Territory were flooded. The city of Krymsk and several villages of the Crimean region were particularly affected. Houses were flooded and communications in Novorossiysk and Gelendzhik were destroyed.
After heavy rains, water levels in mountain rivers and streams increased. For many years no one cleaned the bed of these rivers, because of which dams from dry branches, trees and other garbage formed in them. These dams significantly increased water levels. In Krymsk, 22 bridges were built across the Agadum River - pedestrian, rail and road bridges. They also held back the rising water, playing the role of a kind of barricades. Something like a cascade of water reservoirs formed. As a result, a wave up to 7 m high hit Krymsk, the village of Nizhnebakansky and the village of Neberdzhaevskaya.
According to official figures, in the Kuban, 7200 houses were flooded as a result of the flood, 23 healthcare institutions were injured, 170 people were killed. About 30, 000 people lost their property. In the Crimean region, 700 houses were completely destroyed. In addition, life support systems were destroyed: power lines, gas and water pipes. Badly damaged railways and roads.
Mudflows eroded silt maps of oily effluents at the treatment facilities of the Sheskharis oil depot in Novorossiysk. 8 tons of oil products covered the water surface with a film. Environmentalists believe that this is 1/10 of all oil emissions that fell into the sea, the rest sank to the bottom. The estimated damage from the spill is about 12 million rubles.
The authorities allocated 4.5 billion rubles to eliminate the consequences of the disaster. Most of this money will be spent on the purchase and repair of housing for affected residents. Citizens who have lost housing can receive monetary compensation for it at the rate of 5, 000 rubles per square meter or other housing. Local authorities defined the social norm as follows:
- a family of 3 people - 48 square meters. m;
- of 2 people - 42 square meters. m;
- 1 person - 33 square meters. m
130 million rubles. will be spent on the repair of medical institutions, 154 million - on the cleaning of the channel and deepening the bottom of the Agdaum river. An additional 320 million rubles will be spent on treatment and rehabilitation in the sanatoriums of the flood-affected pregnant women, children, the disabled and elderly citizens.
