Rising Tide of Crisis: Russia Orders Desperate Exodus as Floodwaters Engulf the Land

Rising Tide of Crisis: Russia Orders Desperate Exodus as Floodwaters Engulf the Land

The water level in Orenburg has risen dangerously in recent days, reaching 11 meters and 29 centimeters, exceeding the critical limit of 11 meters.

Water levels are also rising rapidly in another Russian region, Kurgan, and in neighboring Kazakhstan authorities said 100,000 people have so far been evacuated as the sharp rise in temperatures led to the melting of large volumes of snow and ice and caused local flooding of water and mud.

Regional authorities called for a mass evacuation of parts of Orenburg, home to half a million people. They reported that the level of the Ural River has reached 11 meters and 43 centimeters from 10.87 meters a day earlier and that the situation is now dangerous.

“Sirens are sounding in the city. It’s not an exercise. A mass evacuation is underway,” the city’s mayor, Sergei Shalmin, said on the Teleghram app.

“The flood situation in Orenburg is extremely dangerous. In the last ten hours, the water level in the Ural River has risen by 40 centimeters and now stands at 11.43 meters. There is danger.”

The appeal to the residents

He called on residents to collect their documents, medicines and essentials and leave their homes.

The deputy mayor of Orenburg, Alexei Kudinov, said earlier that at least 360 houses and nearly 1,000 plots of land were flooded overnight. He said the situation is expected to peak today and the waters should begin receding in two days.

The village of Kaminskoge, in the Kurgan region, was also evacuated this morning after the water level rose overnight by 1.4 meters, regional governor Vadim Shumkov announced via the Telegram platform.

Kaminskoge is a settlement along the Tobol River, which also flows through the regional capital Kurgan, a city of 300,000. Shumkov said Kurgan could be flooded within the next few days.

“We can only hope that the floodwater will spread and that the ground will absorb as much as possible,” the governor said, adding that a dam was being strengthened in Kurgan.

According to the protothema, Kurgan is home to an important part of Russia’s military-industrial complex, a huge factory that produces infantry fighting vehicles for the army that are in high demand in Ukraine where the Russian army is attacking some areas.

There is currently no information on whether the factory, Kurganmashzavod, has been affected by the floods.

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