Floods and mudslides caused by heavy rain have prompted Russian
authorities to introduce a state of emergency in Sochi, the host city of
the 2014 Winter Olympics.
The Emergency Situations Ministry said Wednesday that about 1,800 of its
personnel were involved in cleaning up the streets and pumping out
water after the torrential rain caused local rivers to overfill and
flood some sections of highways and a few residential areas in the Black
Sea resort.
The ministry said the water level in the city's rivers was receding.
Traffic in the city has returned to normal. The city's airport and its
railway station were functioning normally.
In the village of Mirny, where 10 houses were affected by flooding, emergency teams were deployed to pump out water.
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