On the morning of June 27, on one of the Odessa beaches, a three-meter wave Suddenly hit the campers. According to eyewitnesses, at sea something slammed, after which a huge wave arose, which hit the beach.
According to the assistant head of the Main Department of the State Service for emergency situations in the Odessa region Maya Grinko, at sea 15 people were killed, but none of the people were killed or injured. IN as a result of a wave raid on the beach, inverted trestles remained and scattered things.
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However, some eyewitnesses report that the victims nevertheless there is. “The whole beach covered, there are victims, mostly children, by information leg fractures, a lot of scattered things on the beach, many things sailed away with the wave, broken sun loungers, damage to the beach is very large, “one of them said.
The incident occurred at around 12:50. Currently in place police and rescuers work, access to the beach is temporarily prohibited. The cause of the wave is being determined by specialists.
A photo from open sources
In social networks, a video of the consequences of the incident appeared. Author The video claims that the wave was 2.5 meters high.
“The water departed from the coast and at the moment rose 2.5-3 meters in height. It covered the whole beach, there are victims, mostly children, information fracture of the legs, a lot of scattered things on the beach, many things sailed away with the wave, broken sun loungers, damage to the beach is very large by the standards of Odessa, given that our city and our sea is the safest in the world, “wrote one of the Internet eyewitnesses.
At the same time, eyewitnesses note that a similar test felt on themselves and vacationers on the beach in Illichivsk (city, located near Odessa – on the same coastal spit that and the two above-mentioned beaches) write Facts and comments.
“Indeed, at 12:50 something unusual happened on the named the beaches. According to the stories of vacationers, something slammed in the sea, after 15 people washed this big wave … Now our experts, together with the police and other law enforcement officers find out the situation, ” – reported “FACTS” in the department of media relations of Odessa regional management of the state emergency service.
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