The mayor of the Russian city of Sochi, Aleksey Kobaigorodsky, said that “due to heavy rains, one person died in the city,” noting that “the water began to gradually recede from the streets, but many residents are now left without electricity due to flooding of power plants, social facilities are powered by generators, and teams of specialists from electric grid companies are doing everything possible to eliminate the consequences of emergencies.

In a social media statement, he pointed out that “this Russian resort is still under a storm warning, meteorologists expect rain, river water from the coast and hurricanes over the sea.”

The greatest amount of precipitation was observed in the Lazarevsky district on July 23, heavy rains flooded 23 residential areas and 5 residential buildings. Yesterday, on Saturday, experts ruled out the consequences of bad weather, but in the evening there was a second wave of heavy rain that flooded several streets and basements of houses in the Khostinsky district of Sochi.