More than 4,000 people have been evacuated in the Orenburg region after the Ural River overflowed
Russia’s government has declared flooding in the Orenburg region a federal emergency, with preparations for possible flooding under way in three other regions.
The floods, which were caused by rising water levels in the Ural River, forced more than 4,000 people including 885 children to evacuate, the regional government said. The state news agency Tass said a further 2,000 homes were flooded, bringing the total to nearly 6,300 in the region.