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1. www.themoscowtimes.com › 2024/04/09 › in-photosIn Photos: Russia's Orenburg Region Hit With Worst Flooding ...

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   Apr 9, 2024 · The Ural River overran its banks in the town of Orsk over the weekend after torrential rain burst a nearby dam, leaving the city submerged in water and forcing thousands from their homes.

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3. www.themoscowtimes.com › 2024/04/15 › in-photosIn Photos: Orenburg Flooding Peaks as 'Colossal' Waters Rise ...

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   Apr 15, 2024 · Ten days after the Ural River burst a dam in the city of Orsk and forced the evacuation of thousands, historic flooding continues to threaten Russia's southern Urals and western Siberia as...

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4. www.bbc.co.uk › news › world-europe-68764865Russia floods: Record water levels threaten Orenburg city

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   Apr 8, 2024 · The Russian city of Orenburg is braced for widespread flooding as rivers swell across regions bordering Kazakhstan. The worse-than-usual seasonal floods have been caused by melting snow from...

5. www.rferl.org › a › before-and-after-satelliteBefore-And-After Satellite Imagery Reveals Devastation From ...

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   Apr 11, 2024 · 1 Before-and-after satellite views captured on April 1, 2023, and April 10 of this year show the inundation of the city of Orsk, which straddles the Ural River. Orsk, a city of nearly 240,000,...

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6. www.bbc.com › news › world-europe-68746276Thousands evacuated as Orsk dam burst worsens Russia floods - BBC

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   Apr 6, 2024 · Thousands are being evacuated in a region of south-western Russia because of floods made worse by a dam burst in Orsk city, officials say. Heavy earth-moving machinery is on site trying to...

7. www.bbc.com › news › world-europe-68776611Russia: Drone video shows highest ever levels of flooding - BBC

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   Apr 10, 2024 · The region has been affected by worse-than-usual seasonal flooding because of melting snow from the Ural Mountains, with the town of Orsk affected particularly.

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   Why are people being evacuated in Orsk?

   • Thousands are being evacuated in a region of south-western Russia because of floods made worse by a dam burst in Orsk city, officials say. Heavy earth-moving machinery is on site trying to shore up the dam. Earlier, an emergency was declared across the entire Orenburg region after levels in the Ural River rose dangerously because of melting ice.

   Thousands evacuated as Orsk dam burst worsens Russia floods - BBC

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   Why is the Russian city of Orenburg flooded?

   • The Russian city of Orenburg is braced for widespread flooding as rivers swell across regions bordering Kazakhstan. The worse-than-usual seasonal floods have been caused by melting snow from the Ural Mountains, triggering evacuations throughout the area.

   Russia floods: Record water levels threaten Orenburg city

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   What happened in Orsk?

   • A man rows a boat through the flooded streets. Orsk's Old Town has been inundated by the Ural River. People use an inflatable dinghy in a flood-hit area after a local dam broke in several places in Orsk. A view of a flood-hit area in the town of Orsk. The Kremlin said Monday that over 10,000 residential buildings had been flooded.

   In Photos: Russia's Orenburg Region Hit With Worst Flooding in Decades

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   Are water levels receding in Orsk?

   • While waters are receding in Orsk, they continue to rise in Orenburg. People walk through thigh-high water in the flooded settlement of Priuralye, in the Orenburg region. A view of the flooding in Orenburg, a city with a population of 560,000.

   In Photos: Russia's Orenburg Region Hit With Worst Flooding in Decades

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   Where are the flood-hit areas of Orsk?

   • An aerial view shows flood-hit areas of Orsk, 240 kilometers east of the regional capital, Orenburg. A school in a flooded street of Orsk. While waters are receding in Orsk, they continue to rise in Orenburg. People walk through thigh-high water in the flooded settlement of Priuralye, in the Orenburg region.

   In Photos: Russia's Orenburg Region Hit With Worst Flooding in Decades

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   How many buildings have been flooded in Orsk?

   • A view of a flood-hit area in the town of Orsk. The Kremlin said Monday that over 10,000 residential buildings had been flooded. An aerial view shows flood-hit areas of Orsk, 240 kilometers east of the regional capital, Orenburg. A school in a flooded street of Orsk. While waters are receding in Orsk, they continue to rise in Orenburg.

   In Photos: Russia's Orenburg Region Hit With Worst Flooding in Decades

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9. www.rferl.org › a › satellite-images-flooding-russiaSatellite Imagery Reveals The Raging Floodwaters Inundating ...

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   Apr 10, 2024 · 1 A satellite image released by Maxar Technologies shows floodwaters in the Russian city of Orenburg on April 9. Russia is struggling to contain flooding resulting from swiftly melting snow...