31.01.2023
Overview of hydrological situation of January 31, 2023
As of January 31, on the Zapadnaya Dvina near the town of Surazh and the settlement Ulla, Dnieper on the Mogilev – Zhlobin section, Berezina on the Bobruisk – Svetlogorsk section, Sozh near the town of Krichev and some of their tributaries, there is ice with polynyas and divorces, water on ice is noted. On lakes and reservoirs, ice is observed and the ice is incomplete with a thickness of 12 cm to 20 cm, but the ice has a loose heterogeneous structure. When moving on ice, safety precautions should be observed!
On the Dnieper river at the site of Zhlobin – Loev, Berezina near Berezino, Sozh near Gomel, Pripyat near Pinsk (Lyubansky Bridge), there is a slight (1-5 cm per day) increase in water levels. On the other rivers, there is a decrease in water levels with a daily intensity mainly 1-22 cm and their smooth running. On most rivers, the water is on the floodplain.
Water levels exceed dangerously high marks on the Berezina near Bobruisk by 12 cm, the Sozh tributary of the Pronya river near village Letyagi by 26 cm, Pripyat at Petrikov by 1 cm and its tributary the Ptich river at Persha Slobodka by 7 cm. The water level is close to a dangerously high mark on the Pripyat tributary of the Sluch River at the settlement Lenin.
Flooding by river waters is observed in some districts of Vitebsk, Gomel and Mogilev regions.
In the coming days, fluctuations in water levels with a tendency to increase will be observed on the rivers of the country, no significant changes are expected in the ice situation.
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