The water level of the Ural River near Orenburg rose to 11 meters 87 centimeters, the regional authorities announced on the Telegram channel, RIA Novosti reported.
„The level of the Ural River near Orenburg reached 11 meters 87 centimeters, near Orsk - 699 centimeters,”, the statement said.
According to the latest data, 11,665 buildings and 18,669 residential plots were flooded on the territory of 18 municipalities in 74 settlements.
It is specified that over 1.4 thousand residential buildings and over 1.2 thousand household plots were freed from water in the area in 24 hours.
A total of 13,194 people were evacuated from danger zones, of which 1,150, including 220 children, were placed in temporary detention centers.
Southern Ural regions faced record flooding this year. The situation is most difficult in the Orenburg region. On April 5, the dam that protected Orsk from the waters of the Ural River broke. The authorities carried out a mass evacuation.
A federal state of emergency has been declared in the region. The regional government estimates the estimated damage from the flood at 21 billion rubles.
The state of emergency is also in force in the Kurgan and Tyumen regions. The water level in the Tobol River, according to Roshydromet forecasts, will exceed 11 meters. In some municipalities, preventive evacuation of the population has begun.
Authorities in neighboring Kazakhstan say the current floods are the worst in 80-plus years, and a state of emergency has been declared in some regions of the country.