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11.03.2024

Overview of hydrological situation of March, 11 2024

In the past period (March 8-10), a decrease in water levels was noted on most of the country's rivers as a result of which on the Pripyat tributary, the Tsna River at agrotown Dyatlovichi water level dropped below a dangerously high level.
As of March 11, an increase in water levels with a daily intensity of 2-5 cm is observed on the Dnieper River in the Rechitsa – Loev section, as well as on the Sozh near Gomel and its individual tributaries. Throughout the rest of the above-mentioned rivers, as well as on the rivers of the basins of the Western Dvina, the Vilia, the Neman, the Berezina and the Pripyat water levels decrease with an intensity of up to 34 cm per day. Most rivers have floodplain water.
Water levels exceed dangerously high levels on the Sozh near Gomel, its tributary the Pronya River near the village Letyagi, the Pripyat at the village of Chernichi, Petrikov, its tributaries of the Ptich river at the village of Pershaya Slobodka, the Sluch at agrotown Lenin and on the tributary of the Neman river Shchara near the town of Slonim.
The water level is close to the dangerous mark on the Pripyat near the city of Mozyr, 16 cm remains before it is reached, there is a decrease in the water level with an intensity of 1 cm per day.
According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations flooding of coastal territories is noted in most areas of the Gomel and Mogilev regions, in some areas of the Brest, Grodno and Minsk regions.
Freeze-up with polynyas and rims is still preserved only on the Western Dvina near the town of Surazh. On the reservoirs of Chigirinskoye, Vileyskoye, lakes Naroch, Lukomskoye and Drivyaty ice formation with polynyas and edges is observed, the ice melts in place.
No significant changes in the river level regime are expected in the next 24 hours. The melting of ice on reservoirs will continue.
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