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The third-longest river in Europe has burst from its banks joining others as floods have swept across parts of Russia and Kazakstan with more flooding on the way, according to multiple reports.
Kremlin says weather forecast is ‘unfavourable’ with western Siberia expecting peak flooding in three to five days.
Water levels in Orenburg, home to 500,000 people, rise above the Ural river's bursting point.
Floods gripped cities and towns across Russia and Kazakhstan on Wednesday after Europe's third-longest river burst its banks, forcing over 110,000 people to evacuate and swamping parts of the... -April 10, 2024 at 07:07 am EDT - MarketScreener
ORENBURG, Russia (Reuters) -Floods gripped cities and towns across Russia and Kazakhstan on Wednesday after Europe's third-longest river burst its banks, forcing over 100,000 people to evacuate and swamping parts of the Russian city of Orenburg. The deluge of melt water overwhelmed scores of settlements in Russia's Ural Mountains, Siberia, Volga and areas of Kazakhstan after major rivers such as the Ural, which flows into the Caspian, rose more 66 centimetres (2.17 ft) beyond its bursting point.