Compensation payments to the families of those killed in Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinsky due to the cyclone will amount to 500 thousand rubles. It is reported by RIA News with reference to the press service of the Governor of the Sakhalin Region Valery Limarenko.
It is specified that the head of the region held a meeting of the Committee for Emergency Situations, dedicated to the elimination of the consequences of a cyclone in the north of Sakhalin. In total, one million rubles have been allocated from the reserve fund of the regional government for these purposes. The press service noted that financial assistance will be transferred to the accounts of recipients in the near future.
On October 17, it was reported that a resident of the city of Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinsky died under the debris of the roof, which was blown away by the wind that came to the island with a cyclone. Later, the death toll rose to two. As a result of the disaster, some houses were left without light.