Russia floods: Record water levels threaten Orenburg city
The mayor of Orenburg urges thousands of residents to evacuate as the Ural River continues to swell.
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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.
Around 10,000 homes in the Orenburg region were flooded, with water levels continuing to rise, according to Russian state media.
Kurenkov will also visit the Kurgan and Tyumen regions in the Urals, the ministry added.
The threat of flooding in Russia’s Ural Mountains has shifted from the town of Orsk to neighboring cities and regions, authorities said Tuesday.