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The Ural River which flows through Russia and Kazakhstan into the Caspian, burst through an embankment dam on Friday, flooding the city of Orsk just south of the Ural Mountains. Also, the water levels in the Russian city of Orenburg rose towards the critical level of 9.3 metres as sirens warned major floods were imminent, as per Reuters.

The flooding was caused by a deluge of swiftly melted snow.

Russia and Kazakhstan ordered more than 100,000 people to evacuate after swiftly melting snow swelled mighty rivers beyond bursting point in the worst flooding in the area for at least 70 years.

Russia and Kazakhstan have ordered more than 100,000 people to evacuate after swiftly melting snow swelled mighty rivers beyond bursting point in the worst flooding ...

Russia and Kazakhstan have ordered more than 100,000 people to evacuate after swiftly melting snow swelled mighty rivers beyond bursting point in the worst flooding ...

Russia says thousands of homes have been flooded because of rising river levels in the Urals and surrounding...

Swiftly melting snow has swelled rivers beyond the point of bursting, overwhelming scores of settlements in the Ural Mountains, Siberia and areas of Kazakhstan

News and analytical articles about Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

News and analytical articles about Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

News and analytical articles about Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.