06.09 Amur River Water Level in Flood-Hit Khabarovsk on Decline
KHABAROVSK, September 6 (RIA Novosti) - Waters of the Amur River near the flood-hit city of Khabarovsk in Russias Far East are on a slow decline having dropped by three centimeters (1.1 inches) over the past 24 hours, local meteorologists said in a statement on Friday.
Water decline continued on Friday morning as it reached the level of 798 centimeters [26.1 feet], the statement said.
Earlier in the week, the water level in the river peaked over 810 centimeters surpassing the record mark of 642 centimeters, registered in 1897, by almost two meters.
The statement said, however, that the rivers water level near Komsomolsk-on-Amur, another city in the flood-hit Khabarovsk Territory, gained 13 centimeters over the past day and reached the mark of 858 centimeters (28.1 feet).
