In Orenburg – mass evacuation to the sound of sirens: water reached high-rise buildings

The water level in the Ural River in the region Orenburg has reached an extremely high level/Collage 24 Channel

The flood emergency in Russian Orenburg has reached its peak. Multi-storey buildings began to go under water.

Thus, over the past 10 hours, the water level in the Urals has risen by 40 centimeters. Now it is 1143 centimeters, which is more than 2 meters more than the critical limit.

Residents of Orenburg are urgently evacuated

The mayor of the city, Sergei Salmin, called for the evacuation of residents of the Grand Park residential complex, the villages named after Kuibyshev and Solnechny, the 23rd and 24th microdistricts, Uralskaya and Donguzskaya streets, the Aviagorodok and Ovchinny Gorodok districts.

People are saved to the sound of a siren. The mayor explained in his Telegram channel that this is not a drill, but a mass evacuation due to an extremely dangerous flood situation.

In Orenburg siren buzzing: social network video

Take documents, medicines, essentials with you and leave home immediately. The situation is critical, don’t waste time!,” Salmin addressed the Orenburg residents.

Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations is sending warning messages to residents of Orenburg/Photo by RosSMI

As of morning On April 12, 4963 household plots and 2687 households were flooded in Orenburg. In the last 24 hours alone, 995 plots and 361 houses were flooded.

What is happening in Orenburg, which is gradually being swallowed up by water: social network video

Water flows through the corridors of houses: social media video

How a flood destroys a Russian city: social network video

Anomalous flooding in Russia: what is known

• It all started on April 5, when a dam broke on the Ural River near the city of Orsk, Orenburg Region . Water began to gradually flood households. Thousands of private houses were under water.
• Residents of Orsk went to rallies. And the director of the company that built the dam blamed rodents for the tragedy.
• Soon the flood reached Orenburg, it was here that the water level reached its highest point.
• It is worth noting that the flood occurred not only in the Orenburg region. The Tom River also overflowed its banks and flooded several settlements in the Tomsk and Kemerovo regions.