02:38Mandatory credit: EMERCOM of Russia
Russian Emergencies Ministry staff continue their assistance efforts in flood-hit areas in the Orenburg, Kurgan and Altai regions following a dam breach.
Footage taken on Tuesday shows rescuers helping locals to evacuate and carrying sandbags to reinforce the dam.
"The settlement has been saved. Thanks to the Emergencies Ministry, thanks to all the workers. I thank you on behalf of all the residents because they are also very happy that the settlement has been saved," one of the locals said.
The local Orsk administration reported the breach of the protective dam in the Old Town area late on Friday, April 5, triggering widespread flooding, with over 4,000 homes and over 10,000 people affected.
According to the Russian Emergencies Ministry (EMERCOM), 3,900 residential houses and 8,700 plots remain flooded at the time of publication. More than 6,100 people were evacuated, with 1,213 placed in temporary accommodation centres.
The agency added that rescuers were using boats and all-terrain vehicles to move through the city streets and evacuate residents. More than 4,000 specialists, over 800 units of equipment and 150 waterborne vehicles were working in the area.
On April 9, Orsk Mayor Vasily Kozupitsa reported that the level of the Ural River 'dropped by 39 centimetres during the day and amounted to 928 centimetres.' The flooded area covered 260 streets and 6,929 residential houses.
Floods in the Orenburg region have been declared a federal emergency. The Russian Investigative Committee said it had launched a criminal probe related to both 'violation of safety rules during construction work' and 'negligence'.
Russian EMERCOM employees work in flood-hit Southern Urals and Siberia
Russian Emergencies Ministry staff continue their assistance efforts in flood-hit areas in the Orenburg, Kurgan and Altai regions following a dam breach.
Footage taken on Tuesday shows rescuers helping locals to evacuate and carrying sandbags to reinforce the dam.
"The settlement has been saved. Thanks to the Emergencies Ministry, thanks to all the workers. I thank you on behalf of all the residents because they are also very happy that the settlement has been saved," one of the locals said.
The local Orsk administration reported the breach of the protective dam in the Old Town area late on Friday, April 5, triggering widespread flooding, with over 4,000 homes and over 10,000 people affected.
According to the Russian Emergencies Ministry (EMERCOM), 3,900 residential houses and 8,700 plots remain flooded at the time of publication. More than 6,100 people were evacuated, with 1,213 placed in temporary accommodation centres.
The agency added that rescuers were using boats and all-terrain vehicles to move through the city streets and evacuate residents. More than 4,000 specialists, over 800 units of equipment and 150 waterborne vehicles were working in the area.
On April 9, Orsk Mayor Vasily Kozupitsa reported that the level of the Ural River 'dropped by 39 centimetres during the day and amounted to 928 centimetres.' The flooded area covered 260 streets and 6,929 residential houses.
Floods in the Orenburg region have been declared a federal emergency. The Russian Investigative Committee said it had launched a criminal probe related to both 'violation of safety rules during construction work' and 'negligence'.
Mandatory credit: EMERCOM of Russia
Russian Emergencies Ministry staff continue their assistance efforts in flood-hit areas in the Orenburg, Kurgan and Altai regions following a dam breach.
Footage taken on Tuesday shows rescuers helping locals to evacuate and carrying sandbags to reinforce the dam.
"The settlement has been saved. Thanks to the Emergencies Ministry, thanks to all the workers. I thank you on behalf of all the residents because they are also very happy that the settlement has been saved," one of the locals said.
The local Orsk administration reported the breach of the protective dam in the Old Town area late on Friday, April 5, triggering widespread flooding, with over 4,000 homes and over 10,000 people affected.
According to the Russian Emergencies Ministry (EMERCOM), 3,900 residential houses and 8,700 plots remain flooded at the time of publication. More than 6,100 people were evacuated, with 1,213 placed in temporary accommodation centres.
The agency added that rescuers were using boats and all-terrain vehicles to move through the city streets and evacuate residents. More than 4,000 specialists, over 800 units of equipment and 150 waterborne vehicles were working in the area.
On April 9, Orsk Mayor Vasily Kozupitsa reported that the level of the Ural River 'dropped by 39 centimetres during the day and amounted to 928 centimetres.' The flooded area covered 260 streets and 6,929 residential houses.
Floods in the Orenburg region have been declared a federal emergency. The Russian Investigative Committee said it had launched a criminal probe related to both 'violation of safety rules during construction work' and 'negligence'.