State Emergency Service rules out underflooding in Kyiv

The State Emergency Service rules out the possibility of underflooding in Kyiv during spring flood-time, deputy director of the rescue department forces of the State Emergency Service Mykola Chechetkin told a briefing.

"There will be no underflooding in Kyiv. One of the main river, the Dnipro river, flows through Kyiv. This river is regulated, so we do not expect any negative impact," he said.

In turn, director of the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center Mykola Kulbida noted that the maximum level of the spring flood in Kyiv this year will be 600-640 cm above the conventional zero, while the average spring level makes up 715 cm.