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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Flood waters were rising in two cities in Russia's Ural mountains on Sunday after Europe's third-longest river burst through a dam, flooding at least 10,000 homes and forcing thousands of people to flee with just their pets and a few belongings. Some of the worst floods in decades have hit a string of Russian regions in the Ural Mountains and Siberia, alongside parts of neighbouring Kazakhstan in recent days. The Ural River, which rises in the Ural Mountains and flows into the

Flood waters rise in Russian Ural mountains as river bursts dam, affecting 10,000 homes. Thousands evacuated with pets and belongings. Worst floods in decades hit Ural Mountains and Siberia, affecting multiple regions.

WARNING DISTURBING: Elena Spiryakova, 49, was mauled by the power of a jet ski's propulsion fan as her husband, who was driving it, sped off across the Samara River

Elena Spiryakova, 49, from Samara — a region near Russia’s border with Kazakhstan — was enjoying a day on the Samara River in July with her husband Oleg, 52, when she fell into the water as he accelerated away.

Russian woman Elena Spiryakova, 49, from Samara, near Russia's border with Kazakhstan, was rushed to hospital but doctors were unable to save her.