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Swiftly melting snow triggered the worst recorded flooding in Russia\u2019s Ural Mountains, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes as some of Europe\u2019s biggest rivers swelled to bursting point.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Russia declared an emergency in the Orenburg region near Kazakhstan after the Ural River, Europe\u2019s third longest river, swelled several metres in hours on Friday, and burst through a dam embankment in the city of Orsk.
\nThe river, which rises in the Ural Mountains and flows into the Caspian Sea, will reach dangerous levels on Monday in Orenburg, a city of 500,000 down river from Orsk, and the peak is expected there on April 10, Russia\u2019s emergency ministry said.
\nMore than 10,400 homes across Russia have been flooded<\/strong>, with the Urals, Siberia, the Volga and central regions the worst hit, according to the ministry.
\n\u201cDozens of settlements on the territory of the Siberian, Ural and Volga federal districts are flooded as a result of the spring floods,\u201d Emergency Minister Alexander Kurenkov said.
\n\u201cAn increase in air temperatures, active snow melt and river openings are predicted<\/strong>,\u201d the emergency ministry said. \u201cMore than 10,400 residential buildings remain flooded in 39 regions.\u201d
\nFootage from Orsk, 1,800 km (1,100 miles) east of Moscow, showed one man wading through flood water which reached his neck He held his keys in his mouth and a black cat above his head.
\nThe streets were submerged in water with residents and emergency workers using boats to move around the city. One man was shown locking his door in waist-high water.
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\nAn emergency was also declared in Tyumen region, one of Russia\u2019s key oil producing areas of Western Siberia, Governor Alexander Moor said.
\nRising water was forecast in Siberia\u2019s Ishim and Tobol rivers, tributaries of the Irtysh river, which along with its parent, the Ob, forms the world\u2019s seventh longest river system.
\nThe mayor of Orenburg, Sergei Salmin, said the Ural River was expected to break the previous record of 9.46 metres. It is currently 8.93 metres.
\n\u201cAbsolutely everyone who is in the flood zone needs to leave their homes,\u201d<\/strong> Salmin said. \u201cDo not delay the evacuation! The situation will only get worse in the next two days.\u201d
\nPresident Vladimir Putin asked the government to form a special commission to deal with the flooding in Orenburg, Kurgan and Tyumen regions, the Kremlin said. Putin was being kept updated on the situation, it said.
\nIt was not immediately clear why this year\u2019s floods were so bad as the snow melt is an annual event in Russia, one of the coldest countries in the world.
\nFederal investigators opened a criminal case for negligence and the violation of safety rules over the construction of the 2010 embankment dam in Orsk, which prosecutors said had not been maintained properly.
\nAnother part of the dam collapsed on Monday, drone footage filmed by state news agency TASS showed. The footage showed that swathes of the city appeared to be a vast lake with houses submerged up to their roofs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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