All 26 farms in the South and Central parts of Sakhalin have suffered from a powerful cyclone of 2 October. At some sites the level of destruction is more than 50%, reported to journalists the Deputy Minister of agriculture, trade and food of the Sakhalin region Alexander Yakusha.

"Suffered and peasant farms (KFH), and state-owned enterprises. Objects and crop production, and livestock. Damaged greenhouses, barn, calf, dairy, vegetable and potato storage facilities. The cyclone took down not only the roof, but the wall was falling. For example, in the Holm area KFH "Bondarenko" 200 piglets remained under the open sky. In this same area in KFH "Shulyak" destroyed the roof, damaged a milk duct, so the revelry cows had to be milked by hand," said Yakusha.

According to him, the damage had not yet been determined, but it is huge. For example, the sovkhoz "Komsomolets" estimates losses, according to preliminary data, 6 million rubles, the same losses at the farm "Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk". Currently all farms prepare calculations and estimates. Simultaneously, work on liquidation of consequences of the cyclone.

"Cattle with a ruined summer camps on an emergency basis to transfer for winter maintenance. Company any materials try to cover a roof, to avoid leaks. In addition it is about the maximum frames that there are," said Yakusha.

The Minister said that until now some companies have not connected to the power supply, operate on emergency source. The company "Sokolovsky" still no power at the dairy plant, due to power surges in the enterprise fired equipment for bottling milk. "Today I call in specialists from St. Petersburg. They will arrive, will restore, but, unfortunately, time. By the end of the week to rebuild milk production plans KFH "Lights". In some objects too, no light", - said the Deputy Minister.

He said that work on restoration of the enterprises in the control of the government. Funding will be through enterprises, a reserve Fund of the region and municipalities. "On farms where the damage is more than 50%, we will ask help from the government," said Yakusha.