«After the projects are approved, the reserve staff will do everything within two weeks for safe tourist visits to this part of the reserve, and by the 15th-20th of July the Valley will be open,» said Yekaterina Radugova, director of the Kronotsky Biosphere Reserve, to Interfax.
Recall that on June 3, a powerful mudflow with a volume of about five million cubic meters came down from the slope of Vodopadnaya hill into the valley, covering two-thirds of the unique natural park. Within 5-7 minutes, the flow of snow, water, mud, rocks, and trees destroyed a caretaker's house, a diesel power station, and two helipads. According to Lenta.ru, 19 tourists and 6 service personnel who were in the valley were evacuated to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
The mudflow blocked the channel of the Geysernaya River, leading to flooding of the valley. Later, the water partially washed away the dam, and several geysers resumed activity.