A dam breach at the White Sea-Baltic Canal in Karelia’s Segezha district has left seven people missing, the head of the municipality, Marina Guseva, told TASS, APA reports.
Earlier reports said six people were missing and three others were injured.
Authorities in the Segezha municipality reported that a state of emergency had been declared there. The temporary dam was built under the canal renovation project in the township of Nadvoitsy which, according to available data, as of 2023 had around 6,000 residents.
A team of 50 Russian Emergency Ministry specialists and 65 local relief workers have been dispatched.
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