Since the onset of extended rain in Odesa, special equipment from the Municipal Enterprise «City Roads» has been dispatched to address potential flooding on the city streets.
Currently, the roads in the city are clear for travel. A total of 329 specialists and 48 units of special equipment are working across the streets.
In cases of prolonged rains like today, specialized water pumping vehicles, including a high-pressure hydrodynamic unit based on a MAN truck, are typically stationed on streets such as Balkivska, Prymorska, Yevhen Chykalenka, Heavenly Hundred, French Boulevard, and Customs Square, where flooding is usually possible during heavy rains.
Additionally, staff from the Municipal Enterprise «City Roads» are on the streets, using excavators with special attachments or manually to quickly clear storm drains and sewer wells of debris, branches, and leaves that are washed into them by the flow of rainwater.