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  2. 2024 Central Asian floods - Wikipedia

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    In April 2024, extensive flooding impacted several regions of Kazakhstan and Russia, specifically in the Ural Mountains and Siberia. [2] Snow melt caused freshets [1] resulting in the Orsk Dam collapsing. [3] In Russia, a federal emergency was declared. [4] Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated, [5] including over 86,000 people in ...

  3. Record flood waters rise in Russia's Urals, forcing thousands ...

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    MOSCOW (Reuters) -Flood waters were rising in two cities in Russia's Ural mountains on Sunday after Europe's third-longest river burst through a dam, flooding at least 10,000 homes and forcing ...

  4. Russia evacuates around 2,000 people from homes in flood-hit Orsk

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    MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia has evacuated around 2,000 people from their homes in the Russian city of Orsk, Russian officials said on Saturday, a day after rising waters in the Ural river flooded ...

  5. Floods swamp swathes of Russia and Kazakhstan but worse still ...

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    ORENBURG, Russia (Reuters) -Floods engulfed cities and towns across Russia and Kazakhstan on Wednesday after Europe's third-longest river burst its banks, forcing about 110,000 people to evacuate ...

  6. Anger boils over for some amid record floods in Russia's Urals

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    Late on Monday, Tass news agency quoted the press service of Russia's Emergencies Ministry as saying flood waters in Orsk had subsided 9 cm (3.5 inches) over a two-hour period.

  7. Floods in Russia - Wikipedia

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    In 2020, there were 928 floods across the country, with over 80% caused due to excessive rainfall. [2] Notable flood events include the 2001 flooding in the Sakha Republic , which caused damages of over 7 billion roubles , [ 3 ] and the 2024 floods in the Urals , which led to the evacuation of thousands of people and resulted in local damages ...

  8. Orsk Dam collapse - Wikipedia

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    In Orsk, areas heavily affected by the flooding included the Old Town, Nikel and Lesotorgovy. The dam was again breached on 6 and 7 April. [7] [8] On 7 April, the Russian government declared a federal emergency as the Orsk oil refinery shut down, adding that flooding was also expected in Kurgan and Tyumen Oblasts.

  9. Thousands are evacuated after floods break a dam in the ...

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    Floods caused by rising water levels in the Ural River broke a dam in a city near Russia's border with Kazakhstan, forcing some 2,000 people to evacuate, local authorities said. The dam broke in ...