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Floods caused by rising water levels in the 2,428km-long Ural River have forced thousands to evacuate the Orenburg region in the nation’s southwest, the authorities say.
In the wake of the flood situation, Russia has declared a federal emergency in Orenburg region on Sunday. The floods forced over 4,000 people, including 885 children, to evacuate. The rising water levels in the Ural River broke a dam near Russia’s border with Kazakhstan, forcing people to flee
Russia on Saturday said it had evacuated almost 4,500 people in the Orenburg region in the southern Urals due to flooding after a dam burst.
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