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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. The deluge of melt water overwhelmed scores of settlements in the Ural Mountains, Siberia and areas of Kazakhstan close to rivers such as the Ural and Tobol, which local officials said had risen by meters in a matter of hours to the highest levels ever recorded.

Deluge of melt water overwhelms scores of settlements in Ural Mountains, Siberia and other regions with levels approaching 10m

As of April 9, 10,550 residential houses and 19,140 household plots in 37 regions of Russia were flooded

ORSK, Russia (Reuters) -Russia and Kazakhstan ordered more than 100,000 people to evacuate after swiftly melting snow swelled mighty rivers beyond bursting

Tens of thousands have been left stranded by extreme seasonal floods worsened by two burst dams in southern Russia

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Deluge overwhelms scores of settlements in the Ural Mountains, Siberia and areas of Kazakhstan close to rivers

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.

Water levels in overflowing rivers were still rising on Tuesday in swathes of Russia and Kazakhstan that have been hit by massive floods, as cities braced for a new peak in the southern Urals and western Siberia.