# The Story about the interest in the Bureya theme on January 23, 2019

Vladimir Zalesski

The Story about the interest in the Bureya theme on January 23, 2019


1) About increase in level of attention to "The Bureya problem".


"The Khabarovsk Metropolitan prayed for the elimination of the Bureya anomaly.


JANUARY 23, 2019. The Metropolitan of Khabarovsk and Priamurie Artemy by helicopter arrived on January 22 in Verkhnebureinsky district where works on eliminating of consequences of the large landslide are continued.


It is necessary to clear away the riverbed of Bureya prior to the beginning of a flood, otherwise thawed snow will raise level to values, dangerous to nearby settlements, "Khabarovsk Krai segodnya" news Agency reports.


The metropolitan on the place of collapse of the hill uplifted prayers about a happy end of liquidating works and about the inhabitants of Chekunda, who are risking being flooded.


- The area was showed to the Metropolitan. He was informed about the course of carrying out engineering works and also was accompanied toward the improvised observation platform where it was possible to monitor explosive works safely, - it is said in the statement of the Khabarovsk diocese of Russian Orthodox Church. - After a prayer lord Artemy gave icons to the military and the staff of the Ministry of Emergency Situations working at mitigation of consequences of incident.


Let's remind, yesterday army sappers under control of the Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation, general Dmitry Bulgakov made the first serious blasting about 10 tons of TNT. The explosive was able to seriously scratch the landslide, in the mass over 30 million cubic meters of a stone and soil. The opening on 3.5 meters in depth, 30 meters in width and 120 meters in length is punched. The engineers believe that to break the blockage for the first passage of the water they will be able to 1 February, then will begin to make the second opening [the second channel].


The army heavy Mi-26 helicopters will begin to transport today to the Bureya anomaly a special equipment, excavators and bulldozers.


Let's remind, a stay on ice of the Bureya River and the Bureya Reservoir throughout from the settlement of Chekunda to a dam of hydroelectric power station in Talakan in the Amur region is forbidden.


Scientists do not exclude that explosions can lead to the further collapse of the hill into the river.


- In the area of tasks the field camp on 100 people is set up , - the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry reports. - In the territory of the field camp it is equipped and the station of production [receiving] [water intake from a reservoir] and filtration of water, the dining room, medical aid station, bakery is used. The staff washing with use of the mobile shower module is daily carried out..


In total, more than 440 people, 15 units of the military and special equipment, including 6 army helicopters and the "Orlan-10" unmanned aerial vehicle are involved in performance of tasks. Works are conducted in difficult climatic conditions at low temperatures, up to minus 40 at night, high humidity and strong gusty wind. In the area of collapse difficult terrain and no roads." [https://todaykhv.ru/news/incident/18074/]


2) The addition to data on dynamics of a situation on a natural dam, a spontaneous reservoir and adjacent territories.


"Scientists have specified the volume of the landslide on Bureya

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KHABAROVSK, on January 23. / TASS/. Scientists specified the volume of the soil which descended from the hill into the Bureya River in Khabarovsk Krai: according to new conclusions of experts, it makes 24.5 million cubic meters, that is 10 million cubic meters less than former estimates. The deputy director for scientific work of Institute of water and environmental problems of the Far East office of RAS the doctor of geographical sciences Alexey Makhinov reported about this TASS on Wednesday following the results of an expedition to this area.


"The expedition specified the landslide parameters. Length-800 m from edge to edge, height - from 7.5 to 46 m, volume - 24.5 million cubic meters... " - Makhinov told.


He added that the volume of a surface part of a landslide exceeds 4.5 million cubic meters, the main part is under water. "The risk of flooding of settlements, in particular the village of Chekunda, at high floods on Bureya all the same will remain after carrying out explosive works" - the interlocutor of the agency considers ...


According to scientists, it is the largest landslide in the country in recent years. Its volume was estimated approximately at 34 million cubic meters earlier, such data "RusHydro" and the Amur Basin Water Administration gave. The government of the Khabarovsk Krai organized an expedition to the location of the descent of the soil, about 10 scientists, specialists of different departments worked in the area in January for about a week.


... A new blasting is preparing on the site of the descent of the soil. It may take a few days.", - in the district administration reported to TASS [https://news.rambler.ru/other/41604150-uchenye-utochnili-obem-opolznya-na-buree/?updated]


January 23, 2019 16:40


Translation from Russian into English: January 23, 2019 17:17.

Владимир Владимирович Залесский "Рассказ об интересе к Бурейской теме 23 января 2019 г.".