Kremlin warns floods may worsen as Kazakhstan, Russia evacuate 100,000
Fast-melting snow has caused rivers in Russia's southern Urals, western Siberia as well as northern Kazakhstan to reach record heights.
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Fast-melting snow has caused rivers in Russia's southern Urals, western Siberia as well as northern Kazakhstan to reach record heights.
Kremlin official warns of more difficult days ahead after towns and cities overwhelmed by major rivers swollen by snowmelt
Tens of thousands have been left stranded by extreme seasonal floods worsened by two burst dams in southern Russia
The mayor of Orenburg urges thousands of residents to evacuate as the Ural River continues to swell.
Flood sirens blared out in two Russian cities on Tuesday, warning thousands more people to evacuate immediately as two major rivers swelled to bursting point in some of the worst flooding in at least 70 years. Swiftly melting snow across swathes of the Ural Mountains and Siberia has swelled some of the biggest rivers which surge across the wilds of Russia, with at least 10,500 homes recorded as flooded so far and many thousands more at risk.