Russia floods: ‘Mass evacuation’ takes places as deluge worsens - CNN
Apr 12, 2024 · CNN —. A mass evacuation is underway in the Russian city of Orenburg, as severe flooding tears through parts of the country and northern Kazakhstan.
Russia: Drone video shows highest ever levels of flooding - BBC
Apr 10, 2024 · Russia: Drone video shows highest ever levels of flooding. In the Russian region of Orenburg, thousands of people have been evacuated as water levels surge to over nine metres. The region has...
Water levels rise and homes flood in Russia after a dam bursts …
Apr 11, 2024 · Russian officials are scrambling to help homeowners displaced by floods, as water levels have risen in the Ural River. The floods in the Orenburg region near Russia’s border with Kazakhstan sparked the evacuation of thousands of people following the collapse of a dam on Saturday. (AP Photo)
Russia floods: Record water levels threaten Orenburg city - BBC
The Russian city of Orenburg is braced for widespread flooding as rivers swell across regions bordering Kazakhstan. The worse-than-usual seasonal floods have been caused by melting snow from...
Thousands evacuated as Orsk dam burst worsens Russia floods - BBC
Apr 6, 2024 · Thousands are being evacuated in a region of south-western Russia because of floods made worse by a dam burst in Orsk city, officials say. Heavy earth-moving machinery is on site trying to...
Russia floods: Nearly 12,000 homes swamped as Ural River keeps …
Apr 11, 2024 · Russian authorities say that nearly 12,000 houses have been flooded in a region that borders Kazakhstan as water levels in the Ural River keep rising. The floods have sparked evacuations of thousands in the Orenburg region, located some 1,200 kilometers, about 745 miles, southeast of the capital of Moscow.
Floods swamp swathes of Russia and Kazakhstan but worse still …
Apr 11, 2024 · ORENBURG, Russia, April 10 (Reuters) - Floods engulfed cities and towns across Russia and Kazakhstan on Wednesday after Europe's third-longest river burst its banks, forcing about 110,000...
Russia and Kazakhstan battle record floods as rivers rise further
Apr 11, 2024 · The flooding has struck Russia's Urals and northern Kazakhstan worst, though waters are also rising in southern parts of Western Siberia, the largest hydrocarbon basin in the world, and...
Thousands are evacuated after floods break a dam in the Russian …
Apr 6, 2024 · Floods hit a city in the Ural Mountains areas after a river dam burst there, prompting evacuations of hundreds of people, local authorities said. The dam breach in Orsk, a city less than 20 kilometers north of Russia’s border with Kazakhstan, occurred on Friday night, according to Orsk mayor Vasily Kozupitsa.
Record floods in Russia's Urals triggered by melting snow - NBC News
Apr 8, 2024 · Swiftly melting snow triggered the worst recorded flooding in Russia’s Ural Mountains, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes as some of Europe’s biggest rivers swelled to bursting...