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24.01.2023

Overview of hydrological situation of January 24, 2023

 
In the past day, the water level in Pripyat near the town of Petrikov exceeded a dangerously high mark. The Dnieper river near the town of Loev, the tributary of the Sozh river Iput near the town of Dobrush and the tributary of the Pripyat river Sluch in the area of ag were cleared of ice formations. Lenin.
As of January 24, glaciation with polynyas, divorces and edges is observed on the Berezina, the Zapadnaya Dvina near the town of Surazh and the settlement Ulla, Dnieper on the Mogilev – Zhlobin section, Sozh on the Krichev – Slavgorod section and some of their tributaries. Glaciation is observed on lakes and reservoirs, glaciation with polynyas, spaces of open water surface along the shores have increased, water on ice is observed. It is extremely dangerous to go out and move on the ice!
On most rivers, there is an increase in water levels with an intensity of mainly 1-16 cm per day. On most rivers, the water is on the floodplain.
Water levels exceed dangerously high marks on the Berezina near Bobruisk by 5 cm, the Sozh tributary of the Pronya river near village Letyagi by 54 cm, Pripyat at Petrikov by 1 cm and its tributary the Ptich river at Persha Slobodka by 7 cm. Water levels are close to dangerously high levels on the Dnieper tributary of the Drut river near the village of Gorodishche and the Pripyat tributary of the Sluch river near the settlement Lenin, there are 3 cm and 1 cm left to reach them, respectively. 
Flooding by river waters is observed in some districts of Vitebsk, Gomel and Mogilev regions.
In the coming days, an increase in water levels will prevail on the rivers, its intensity will decrease somewhat. Separate sections of the rivers of the Sozh and Pripyat basins will be cleared of ice formations.
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