In related news

  • Thousands are evacuated after floods break a dam in the Russian city of Orsk

    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 the city of Orsk in the Orenburg region, less than 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) north of the border on Friday night, according to Orsk mayor Vasily Kozupitsa. Footage from Orsk showed water covering the streets dotted with one-story houses.

  • Russian dam bursts forcing thousands to evacuate in flood-hit southern region

    Thousands of Russians have been evacuated from their homes after an embankment dam broke in the southern region of Orenburg, near Kazakhstan, authorities said. The dam in the city of Orsk could not contain the flow of water of the Ural river and broke in two places, local authorities told TASS. At least three people have died as a result of the flooding, according to Russian state news agency TASS. Authorities have reported that 4,208 people in the region have been evacuated, including 1,019...

  • Russia floods: waters rising in two cities and thousands evacuated after dam bursts

    Federal emergency declared in Orenburg region and at least 6,000 homes inundated after Ural River overflowsFlood 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 6,000 homes and forcing thousands of people to flee.The Ural River, which rises in the Ural Mountains and flows into the Caspian Sea, swelled several metres in just hours on Friday and burst through a dam embankment in Orsk – one of the...