MOSCOW — Over 2,000 individuals have been evacuated from flooded areas of the Primorye area in Russia’s Far East, emergency officers stated Sunday.

The heavy downpours that flooded villages within the area have been slated to carry double the month-to-month rainfall to some areas over the weekend, in keeping with Russian state media.

“More than 2,000 people, including 405 children, have been evacuated in Primorye,” the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry stated on Telegram.

Over 4,300 residential buildings have been flooded and 28 settlements lower off by floodwaters, with 16 of the area’s districts affected.

On Friday, native officers stated that downpours had already brought about floods in seven districts and killed not less than three individuals - a girl and two youngsters, ages 10 and 12.

The rain was from the remnants of Typhoon Khanun, which earlier battered Japan and the Korean Peninsula.

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