Russian officials scrambled to help homeowners displaced by floods as water levels rose in the Ural River, authorities said Wednesday. Floods in the Orenburg region near Russia's border with Kazakhstan sparked the evacuation of thousands of people following the collapse of a dam on Saturday. Russia’s government has declared the situation a federal emergency. Although []
By The Associated Press Russian officials are scrambling to help homeowners displaced by floods, as water levels have risen in the Ural River. Floods in the Orenburg region near Russia’s border with Kazakhstan sparked the evacuation of thousands of people following the collapse of a dam on Saturday. Russia’s government declared the situation a federal
Russian officials are scrambling to help homeowners displaced by floods, as
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities say that nearly 12,000 houses have been flooded in a region that borders Kazakhstan as water levels in the Ural River keep rising. The floods have sparked evacuations of thousands in the Orenburg region, located some 1,200 kilometers, about 745 miles, southeast of the capital of Moscow. The flooding started
MOSCOW (AP) — Nearly 12,000 houses have been flooded in a Russian region bordering Kazakhstan as water levels in the Ural River keep rising and threatening more deluge, authorities said Thursday.
Nearly 12,000 houses have been flooded in a Russian region bordering Kazakhstan as water levels in the Ural River keep rising and threatening more deluge, authorities said Thursday.
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