Flood in Russia. A dam broke in Orsk in the Urals

A state of emergency has been declared in the Orenburg Oblast, where Orsk is located, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations said.

The entire region, as well as part of neighboring Kazakhstan, has recently been hit by floods – explains Reuters.

Flood in Russia. The dam broke

A dam broke on the Ural River in Orsk. As a result, water flooded several thousand houses. Members of the crisis team admitted that such a flood “occurs once every hundred years,” writes the Kommersant daily.

“The regional authorities inform that> 2,556 residential buildings and 6,886 plots in 29 communes and 102 towns were flooded – we read in Wirtualna Polska.

The level of the Ural River was over 9.2 meters on Saturday morning – 2 meters higher than the alarm level. “The mayor of Orsk spoke about the rapid deterioration of the flood situation. The water in the Old Town on the left bank of the Urals, where the dam collapsed, will remain there for at least 1.5-2 weeks. Half of the district is flooded and there is a risk of its isolation,” he adds. “Kommersant”.

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