Russia, Kazakhstan rescue over 100,000 people amid worst flooding in nearly seven decades
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.