BBCNEWS Verified July 3, 2024
Hello, im matthew amroliwala. Welcome to verified live. We start with flooding described as the worst in nearly 100 years in russia and kazakstan. Thousands have been forced from their homes cities under threat, evacuations ongoing. The flooding in the urals and Western Siberia has been caused by unseasonably warm temperatures, which has melted snow. In the russian city of 0renburg home to half a Million People the authorities said water levels had reached dangerous levels. Thousands of people have left the city. 0renburg is downstream from the city of 0rsk, which was inundated when a dam burs...