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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Russia’s government has declared the situation in flood-hit areas in the Orenburg region a federal emergency, state media reported. The floods, caused by rising water levels in the Ural River ...
The Russian government declared a federal emergency. [ 3 ] [ 18 ] There were also reports of 15 schools being flooded and three children and six adults being injured, but not severely. [ 18 ] Authorities said they expected the flood to reach its peak on 9 April before "stabilising" after 20 April.
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 ...
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 ...