Flood in Kyiv 20th of June 2006

[Quicksilver]

These picture are taken from Interesniy Kiev site http://community.livejournal.com/interesniy_kiev/577024.html#cutid1 , all copyrights belongs to Komendos user.
This is what happen just after two hourse of havy rain in Kyiv.
The problem is with Kyiv rain drainage system, which needs a lot of renowation, but most important it needs a lot of simple cleaning, as people throw a lot of rubbish into it, so it was blocked by it.
Looks like Venice:)
The area shown on pictures is area around Levoberezhna metro station, where super tall should be built. People have jokes of how come they want to built 80-stories high-rise but could not simply clean the sewage. This flood happened not only in this area but also in many other areas around Kyiv.
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Max, did you have any bad expireince with it? :)

[ahsm]

Hey, I was just looking at those pics. I'll post some more later, I think this is just another one of many of Kyiv's floods. Btw, does anyone know how the local residents are affected?

[Max]

These picture are taken from Interesniy Kiev site http://community.livejournal.com/interesniy_kiev/577024.html#cutid1 , all copyrights belongs to Komendos user.
This is what happen just after two hourse of havy rain in Kyiv.
The problem is with Kyiv rain drainage system, which needs a lot of renowation, but most important it needs a lot of simple cleaning, as people throw a lot of rubbish into it, so it was blocked by it.
Looks like Venice:)
The area shown on pictures is area around Levoberezhna metro station, where super tall should be built. People have jokes of how come they want to built 80-stories high-rise but could not simply clean the sewage. This flood happened not only in this area but also in many other areas around Kyiv.
Max, did you have any bad expireince with it? :)

No I haven't. I live and work on the right bank.

[Sergei]

It doesn't look that bad, but it's not a good think nevertheless.

[ahsm]

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[marusia]

It is amazing to see pictures of floods. All that water.
In my part of Australia we are in drought and have been for a number of years. Although it has rained it is never enough or it falls in the wrong place. Some of the dams in my area are down to 28% to 30% of water. Local councils are restricting people to water their gardens with buckets only. If you are caught using a hose you have to pay a fine.
Hope things for you get better