A state of emergency has been declared in Russia's Tyumen region in Western Siberia due to the risk of flooding, Reuters reported, citing regional governor Alexander Moore, BTA reports.
Rapidly melting snow caused the worst floods ever recorded in Russia in the Ural Mountains region and forced thousands of people to flee their homes after some of Europe's biggest rivers overflowed.
Russia declared a state of emergency in the Orenburg region near the border with Kazakhstan after the Ural River, Europe's third-longest, rose several meters within hours on Friday and breached a dam at a dam in the city of Orsk.
Water levels in the river, which rises in the Ural Mountains and flows into the Caspian Sea, will rise to dangerous levels today in the city of Orenburg, which is downstream from the city of Orsk and has a population of 500,000. The maximum level there is expected to be reached on April 10, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said.
More than 10,400 households across Russia were flooded, with the agency saying the worst-hit areas were in the Ural Mountains, Siberia, around the Volga River and in the central part of the country.