Record floods swept across Russia and neighboring regions

Record floods swept across Russia and neighboring regions More than 10,400 homes in 39 entities across Russia have been flooded, with the Urals, Siberia, as well as the Volga and central regions being the worst hit. The Russian Emergencies Ministry said that the spring floods had been caused by “an increase in air temperatures, active snow melt and river openings.“ ▫️ An emergency has been declared in the Orenburg region near Kazakhstan after the Ural River, the third longest in Europe, quickly swelled and burst through a dam in the city of Orsk. Almost 4,500 people in the region have been evacuated due to the flooding as Orenburg Mayor Sergei Salmin warned on Monday “the situation will only get worse in the next two days.“ The complicated development remains in the Kurgan and Tyumen regions, where local authorities also announced emergencies amid forecasts about rising water in Siberia’s Ishim and Tobol rivers. Russian President Vladimir Putin asked the government to form a spec... Source: Sputnik International