In Irkutsk, the aftermath of the dam breach near Lake Yunnatka was eliminated, water returned to its channel, and the risk of another overflow is planned to be reduced by additional clearing and cutting the ice. The report explains the likely cause, the services that worked there, and the damage caused by the flooding.

The response to the incident was completed at 2:30 a.m. on 7.02.2013. The Yunnatka Lake and the Sarafanovka stream returned to their channel. To prevent the water bodies from overflowing their banks, cleaning of the Sarafanovka channel from debris by a crew of the MUP “Vodokanal” and cutting ice in two culverts by rescuers of the city emergency rescue service are scheduled for Thursday.
The head of the Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Irkutsk Region, Major General Vyacheslav Eglit, the first deputy head of the Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Irkutsk Region, Colonel of Internal Service Stanislav Omelyanchik, operational groups of the Crisis Management Center of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Irkutsk Region and the 2nd Detachment of the Federal Fire Service for the Irkutsk Region, the deputy governor of the region Nikolai Khitsenko, the mayor of Irkutsk Viktor Kondrashov, and specialists from the municipal administration went to the scene of the incident.
Yunnatka Lake is a body of water approximately 180 by 74 meters in size and 4 meters deep; the Sarafanovka stream flows into it and out of it, and then flows into the Ushakovka River. The likely cause of the dam breach was the freezing of the water drainage pipes from the lake due to low temperatures.
According to the senior officer of the operational group of the Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Irkutsk Region, the overflowed water partially flooded 3 household plots and the basement of one private house. However, the water has now receded.
Based on materials from the press service of the Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Irkutsk Region