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Russia: Sirens sound in two cities due to floods – Kremlin says the hardest days are ahead of us

Floods are spreading, threatening thousands of people - They are the worst to have occurred here in at least 70 years

Newsroom April 9 02:42

Alarm sirens for floods sounded today in two Russian cities, warning thousands more people to evacuate immediately as two major rivers have reached the point of overflowing in the worst floods to have occurred here in at least 70 years.

The Kremlin announced today that President Vladimir Putin is focusing on addressing the floods, but added that the most difficult days have not yet passed for the regions of Kurgan and Tyumen.

Thousands of people at risk as floods hit Russia’s south https://t.co/NmI0C1YbZf pic.twitter.com/XvRcrHyIDd

— Reuters (@Reuters) April 9, 2024

“The difficult days are still ahead of us in the regions of Kurgan and Tyumen,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “A lot of water is coming,” he added.

The Kremlin announced that Putin discussed the situation over the phone with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, a country also severely affected by the floods.

Russia floods: Record water levels threaten Orenburg city https://t.co/u1Pqogo8p9

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) April 8, 2024

When asked if Putin would visit the Orenburg region, Peskov stated that Putin is continuously briefed on the situation, but there are currently no plans for him to visit the area.

Peskov stated, “Putin is essentially, even without being physically present, constantly involved in this issue. He deals with these matters all day long.”

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More than 2,500 houses and 6,800 farms fell into the flood zone. More than 4,000 local Russians were evacuated. pic.twitter.com/DwDcuWZfvw

— Sander (@SanderRegter) April 6, 2024

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The melting snow, rapidly thawing across large sections of the Ural Mountains and Siberia, has caused some of the largest rivers to swell, overflowing and flooding at least 10,500 homes so far, with many thousands more at risk.

The Ural River, Europe’s third-largest, which flows into the Caspian Sea, breached a protective dam on Friday and inundated the city of Orsk just south of the Ural Mountains. Downstream along the river’s course in Orenburg, a city of about 550,000 residents, water levels are rising.

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