Flood waters were rising in two cities in Russia's Ural mountains on Sunday (April 7) after Europe's third longest river burst through a dam, flooding at least 6,000 homes and forcing thousands of people to flee with just their pets and a few belongings. - REUTERS

As waters surged in the Ural river, flooding nearby villages and triggering the rupture of a dam in Orsk, thousands are now being evacuated from the Russian Ural mountains in the Orenburg region. State media, citing local officials, reported the unfolding emergency on Friday (Apr 5). In an urgent video message circulated on the messaging app Telegram, Orenburg Mayor Sergei Salmin emphasised the critical nature of the situation, urging residents of riverside settlements to promptly evacuate for their safety. “Don’t wait for the situation to become threatening! Leave! You need to evacuate as quickly as possible,” said Salmin. #RussiaFloods #OrenburgEmergency #UralRiverCrisis #DamBreach #EvacuationAlert #FloodDisaster #EmergencyResponse #OrenburgReliefEfforts #NaturalDisaster #UralsCrisis ~HT.99~PR.152~ED.194~

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Russia has ordered mass evacuations in four of its regions as water levels in overflowing rivers in swathes of the country continue to rise, with cities braced for a new peak in the southern Urals and western Siberia. Moscow has called the floods the worst in decades, introducing a state of emergency as water covered entire cities and villages.

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More than 300 homes were flooded in the Russian city of Orenburg after the Ural River rose half a meter beyond its bursting point, officials said on Wednesday, as melting snow from the Ural Mountains triggered the worst flooding in decades. The number of people evacuated due to flooding in Russia's Orenburg region has grown to 7,700, state news agency TASS reported on Wednesday (April 10) citing local government. - REUTERS

While Kazakhstan blows up artificial dams to control water levels, Russian officials scrambled to help people displaced by the overflowing Ural River.