President Al-Shara arrives in Deir Ezzor to follow up on the repercussions of the Euphrates flood

President   Ahmed Al-Sharaa arrived in Deir Ezzor Governorate accompanied by a high-level ministerial delegation, in order to follow up on the developments on the ground resulting from the flooding of the Euphrates River and the rise in its water level to unprecedented levels.

President  Al-Sharaa is scheduled to hold an emergency meeting with local authorities and competent authorities to assess the damage and take urgent measures to protect residents in areas threatened by floods.

The ministerial delegation includes the secretary-general of the presidency and the ministers of local administration and environment, energy, health, public works and housing, agriculture, and the deputy minister of economy, SANA reported.

Minister of Energy: 78 water stations are out of service

Energy Minister Mohammed al-Bashir revealed earlier that Turkey had agreed to reduce water releases in the Euphrates River "from about 2,000 cubic meters per second to 1,800 cubic meters," expecting this reduction to be reflected in the level over the next 48 hours.

In remarks carried by the state-run SANA news agency during a tour of Deir Ezzor, which has been stricken by the rise in the Euphrates water level, Minister al-Bashir said that Turkey "will make a second dilution of water quantities across the Euphrates next Monday," without specifying the amount of expected relief.

Minister al-Bashir indicated that 62 water stations were out of service on Thursday in Deir Ezzor, in addition to 16 stations in al-Raqqa province, stressing that technical teams will work to restart 10 stations after protecting them with earthen berms.

Euphrates Dam Corporation: 2000 m³ per second coming from Turkey

The quantities of water received from the Turkish side during the past days amounted to about 2000 cubic meters per second, as a result of the abundance of the current rainy season, and the opening of overflow gates in the dams located on the riverbed inside Turkish territory, according to a statement by the General Organization of the Euphrates Dam.

The corporation revealed that the lakes of Syrian dams have reached high storage rates that exceeded 98.5%, which no longer allows the storage of additional quantities of water without affecting the limits of operational safety, which necessitated the continuation of the passage of large quantities towards the riverbed.

The current flow rate is about 1.5 meters per second, with varying heights in water levels according to the nature of the river course and its surrounding areas.