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Floods in Russia: The authorities cannot handle them, more than 12 thousand houses are flooded

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Floods in Russia: The authorities cannot handle them, more than 12 thousand houses are flooded

Areas in the Urals and Western Siberia, especially the Orenburg region and the city of Orsk, are plagued by devastating floods. The dam burst, thousands of residents evacuated their homes, over a hundred people sought medical help… The Russian authorities are unable to deal with the situation properly. Locals are desperate as thousands of men … Read more

Image of destruction in Russia: Thousands of flooded houses and rapid evacuation. The level of the Urals continues to rise

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Image of destruction in Russia: Thousands of flooded houses and rapid evacuation. The level of the Urals continues to rise

Floods continue in Russia’s Orenburg region, which has already caused the evacuation of 7,700 people. In Orenburg alone, the level of the Ural River rose to almost ten meters and flooded hundreds more houses. In the neighboring Kurgan region, also plagued by floods, 4,500 people were evacuated as a precaution, the local governor said, according … Read more