After a dam in the Russian city of Orsk in Orenburg burst, water is already flooding the first floors of apartment buildings in the city’s Leninsky district.
According to Russian media and local governors, on the morning of April 7, water from Orsk reached Orenburg, flooding more than a thousand households near the city.
In a day, the Ural River near Orenburg rose another 28 centimeters,” the city authorities reported. The mayor of Orenburg, Sergei Salmin, demanded that people voluntarily evacuate from the southern districts and suburbs located near the Ural River.
The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations also declared a critical situation in Orsk. They reported that more than 4.5 thousand people were flooded in the city. of residential buildings and the same number of household plots, more than 4 thousand people were evacuated from the flooded areas. people.
A state of emergency has been declared in the Orenburg region.
Regional authorities reported that the flood damage amounted to 21 billion rubles ($227.2 million).
In addition, a new dam break occurred in Orsk, Russian media reported. Water began to approach private homes.
The mayor of Orenburg, Sergey Salmin, said that the situation in the city is only getting worse. According to him, the flood is expected to peak in the next three days.
Water can come at night, you are putting your life and the lives of your loved ones in danger! – Salmin asked the locals. – Absolutely everyone in the flood zone needs to leave their homes. Don’t wait! Go right now,” the locals are urging.
The floods affected not only the Orenburg region, as severe flooding led to evacuations in other regions of Russia.
More than 500 people have been evacuated in the Kurgan region due to the flood situation. Evacuations are also underway in Samaria, with more than 800 people evacuated. More than 300 residential buildings have been flooded in the region. The flooding began on April 4.
What is known about the dam break in Orsk
On April 5, a dam burst in the Russian city of Orsk in the Orenburg region, putting a number of settlements under threat of flooding.
Due to the threat of flooding, a state of emergency was introduced in the region, but only certain streets were evacuated.
On April 6, it was reported that at least two people died as a result of the dam breach. Although rescuers are checking the data on the third possible victim of the water. Later, it became known about one more victim.
On April 8, in Orsk, against the backdrop of a dam breach and flooding of the city, residents outraged at the inaction of the authorities began to threaten to secede from Russia.
In particular, residents of the city blame the Russian authorities, who quickly organized the supply of water to the territory of the occupied Crimea, but left people in Orsk to their own devices.
Everywhere in all Orsk’s groups they posted: “Let’s help with towels, rags, underwear, and so on…” They send photos, everything is available, and they send it somewhere. Where the fuck is the city, where is the money???? Have we never been allocated money for underwear? We have a reserve, in any case, we have military units from where we can move the same beds, etc. Why should people, f***ers who have no housing left, have to spend their own money on pillows? – says one of the city’s residents.
