State media say Russia’s government has declared the situation in flood-hit areas in the Orenburg region a federal emergency.
In this grab taken from a video released by the Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service on Sunday, April 7, 2024, an emergency worker carries belongings of people during an evacuation of local residents after part of a dam burst causing flooding, in Orsk, Russia. State media say Russia's government has declared the situation in flood-hit areas in the Orenburg region a federal emergency.
Russia’s Emergency Situations Minister Alexander Kurenkov arrived in Orsk — one of the most hard-hit cities — on Sunday to supervise rescue operations. A criminal probe has been launched to investigate suspected construction violations that may have caused the dam to break. Local authorities said the dam could withstand water levels up to 5.5 meters . On Saturday morning, the water level reached about 9.3 meters and rising, Kozupitsa said. On Sunday, the level in Orsk reached 9.7 meters , according to Russia's water level information site AllRivers.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had spoken with Kurenkov, as well as the heads of the Kurgan and Tyumen regions, located in the Ural Mountains area, to discuss the situation and “the need ... for early adoption of measures to assist people and their possible evacuation.”
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