Water levels continue to rise after dam burst near Kazakhstan border after torrential rain

Water levels continue to rise after dam burst near Kazakhstan border after torrential rain

Thousands of people have been evacuated from the Orenburg region, in the southern Urals near Kazakhstan, due to flooding after a dam burst.

Emergency services had been working through the night after the dam burst in the city of Orsk on Friday after torrential rain.

The press service of the Orenburg governor said 4,208 people, including 1,019 children, had been evacuated and more than 2,500 homes were affected.

Russia opened a criminal case for “negligence and violation of construction safety rules” over the burst dam, which was built in 2014.

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    Thousands of people have been evacuated from the Orenburg region, in the southern Urals near Kazakhstan, due to flooding after a dam burst.

    Emergency services had been working through the night after the dam burst in the city of Orsk on Friday after torrential rain.

    Russia opened a criminal case for “negligence and violation of construction safety rules” over the burst dam, which was built in 2014.

    The Orenburg regional governor, Denis Pasler, said specialists assessed that the dam was built “for a different weight” and that the level of rainfall was “exceptional”.

    Authorities said the situation was difficult throughout the region, warning of a dangerous water level on the Ural river in the main city of Orenburg.

    “There is no time for convincing,” he added, saying that “those who refuse to leave the danger zone voluntarily, we will forcibly evacuate with the help of police officers”.

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