More than 10,400 homes flooded across Russia
Flooding has also been reported across Siberia, the Volga and central regions of Russia. "An increase in air temperatures, active snow melt and river openings are predicted," Russia's emergency ministry said.
More than 10,400 homes across Russia have been flooded as swiftly melting snow swelled some of Europe's biggest rivers, triggering record water levels in the Ural Mountains, Russia's emergency ministry said.
The Ural River, which rises in the Ural Mountains and flows into the Caspian Sea, swelled several meters in just hours on Friday due to melt water, bursting through a dam embankment in the city of Orsk, 1,800 km (1,100 miles) east of Moscow. Flooding has also been reported across Siberia, the Volga, and central regions of Russia.
"An increase in air temperatures, active snow melt, and river openings are predicted," Russia's emergency ministry said. "More than 10,400 residential buildings remain flooded in 39 regions."
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
- READ MORE ON:
- Orsk
- Caspian
- The Ural River
- Russia
- Ural Mountains
- Moscow
- Volga
- Europe
- Siberia
ALSO READ
Bomber crashes in Russia, Interfax says
One killed, six wounded by Russian strikes on Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region
Russia's Bashneft protects refineries with anti-drone nets, RIA says
Odd News Roundup: Man named Vote will cast ballot for change in South Africa; Eager volunteers help toads cross the road in Russia
Airplane crashes in Russia's Stavropol region with no casualties