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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.
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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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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...