The Governor of Primorsky Krai Oleg Kozhemyako on Tuesday at the meeting in a videoconference on the topic of liquidation of consequences of floods in the far East appealed to the Federal authorities with a request to allocate 370 million rubles for compensation to farmers.

"Hit Dalnerechensk, Nadezhda, October, the Edge, the Guerrilla areas, as well as Ussuriisk, Lesozavodsk, Partizansk. Flooded early grain 2463 ha, maize - 331 hectares, soybeans - 7421 ha, potatoes - 1035 hectares of vegetables and melons is 1033 hectares", - have informed in a press-service.

There is said that there are Federal subsidies for reimbursement of expenses related to acquisition seeds that need to be zoned. "The rate is 60% of the cost of seed for areas equivalent to the far North, with a delivery rate of 70%," - said the press service.

In July and August, heavy rains caused widespread flooding in the Amur region and Jewish Autonomous region, seaside and Khabarovsk edges. In the flood zone were more than 100 settlements, thousands of people have lost crops or were in flooded homes.

In Primorsky region, even the state of emergency regional character. According to the Primorsky hydrometeorological center, in August the region fell more than three monthly norms of precipitation. In the flood zone were 15 municipalities, 43 localities and more than 10 thousand people. In the affected areas are still abnormally-recovery work.

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