The water level in the Ural River exceeded the dangerous value by 224 cm, the authorities of the Orenburg region reported.
According to them, by 18:00 Minsk time the water level reached 1154 cm, exceeding the dangerous mark by 224 cm. Thus, from 8:00 the water rose by 25 cm, of which in the last three hours - by 3 cm.
Earlier in the day, authorities announced an evacuation in the village of Gas Producers in the Orenburg District due to the risk of a dam failure. They clarified that groundwater began to seep through the structure, which was washing away the embankment.
In early April, flooding began in the Orenburg region due to warming and rapid melting of ice. On the evening of April 5, an embankment dam broke in Orsk. A state of emergency of federal significance is in effect in the region. By the morning of April 12, 11.7 thousand residential buildings and 15 thousand household plots remained flooded in the Orenburg region.
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