Flooding Reported in Salihorsk and Slutsk After Heavy Rain

Reform.news Editorial Team · 8 June 2026, 10:17

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The Emergency Situations Ministry is dealing with the aftermath of severe weather. An orange weather alert remains in effect across Belarus yesterday and today.

“Over the past 24 hours, as a result of thunderstorms, heavy rainfall and squally winds with gusts of 15-20 m/s, three cases of fallen trees were recorded in the Homiel Region,” the ministry said.

Rescuers also removed a fallen tree in the Chashniki District.

This morning, Emergency Situations Ministry units were called out to pump water from flooded residential properties in Salihorsk and Slutsk.