Lena River Flood

On May 22, the Charter was activated following the spring flooding of the Lena River in Siberia. The flooding has been the most severe that Eastern Siberia has seen in a century, and has occurred mostly in the region of Yakutia. The city of Yakutsk, the most affected, has 200,000 residents. The images from the Charter were delivered to Russian rescue teams to assist them in determining where their resources were most needed.