'Very tense' situation as flooding in Russia forces thousands to evacuate
More than 100,000 people have fled their homes in Russia and neighbouring Kazakhstan.
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More than 100,000 people have fled their homes in Russia and neighbouring Kazakhstan.
Residents of the flood-stricken Russian city of Orenburg arrived at evacuation points on Wednesday by inflatable boat, carrying whatever they could grab from their homes in small bags. Historic floods have engulfed cities and towns across Russia and Kazakhstan this week after Europe's third-longest river burst its banks, forcing about 110,000 people to evacuate and swamping parts of Orenburg, a city with a population of 550,000 about 1,200 km (750 miles) east of Moscow. Swiftly-melting snow has swelled several major rivers, including the Ural, which runs through Orenburg towards the Cas...
Russian Orthodox priests have gone to extreme heights to pray for residents after a city was struck with record-breaking floods.
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Russians in the city of Orsk gathered in a rare protest Monday, calling for compensation following the collapse of a dam and subsequent flooding in the Orenburg region near the border with Kazakhstan. Protests are an unusual sight in Russia where authorities have consistently cracked down on any form of dissent following President Vladimir Putin’s […]