In the Russian city Orsk, in the Orenburg region, a dam on the Ural River broke on Friday, April 5.
Video footage of the situation in Orsk is being distributed by eyewitnesses on social networks.
Dam break in Orsk: what is known
It is reported that the dam has broken due to flooding.
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The city administration called on residents to urgently evacuate when a dam threat was announced on the afternoon of April 5.
It is also reported that the private sector of Orsk may go under water, and up to 4 thousand houses inhabited by 10 thousand people may fall into the flood zone.
The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations told local media that residents are currently being evacuated from the area of possible flooding.
The Kazakh publication Tengrinews.kz wrote that in the event of a dam break at least 20 settlements could be completely under water in the Orenburg region.
Orsk on the map
Orsk is the second largest city in the Orenburg region of Russia. This area, like the city itself, borders Kazakhstan.
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For Ukrainians, this city may be known for the fact that it was to the Orsk fortress that the Russian tsarist regime sent the Ukrainian writer and artist Taras Shevchenko into exile.
