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A footage from the flood. The failure of the Orsk Dam caused over 1 billion rubles in damage, and 10,000 homes were flooded. Over 4,000 people were evacuated from the area. The Russian government declared a federal emergency. [3] [18] There were also reports of 15 schools being flooded and three children and six adults being injured, but not ...
Thousands of Russians are being evacuated from their homes after an embankment dam broke in southeastern Orenburg Region on Saturday, authorities say.
On 3–6 May, satellite photos indicated that Russian forces were building a small dam on Tokmachka river, which caused flooding upstream in the path of an expected Ukrainian offensive. [36] Some called this part of a Russian pattern of using flooding to thwart the Ukrainian counteroffensive. [37] [38]
The Saint Petersburg Flood Prevention Facility Complex [1] (Russian: Ко́мплекс защи́тных сооруже́ний Санкт-Петербу́рга от наводне́ний, romanized: kómpleks zashchítnykh sooruzhéniy Sankt-Peterbúrga ot navodnéniy), unofficially the Saint Petersburg Dam, is a 25 km (16 mi) long complex of dams for flood control near Saint Petersburg ...
The roaring sound of water pumps filled the deserted streets of the flood-stricken Russian city of Orenburg on Friday as people scrambled to heed official warnings to escape. The city of 550,000 ...
How to donate supplies to Sioux Rapids, Iowa flood victims Truckloads of donated items can go to the fire station at 810 Birch St. Smaller amounts of items can go to the Sioux Central School. No ...
The deep water channel created by the downstream flow allowed shipping up and down river. [1] The facility also included a winter garden. The R47 road and a railway crossed the Dnieper River on the dam. [2] The Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant had a staff of 241 in October 2015. The director is Yaroslav Kobelya from September 2012.
The dam, which has no major flood control structures upstream, must bear the brunt of spring freshets, and due to a snowy winter and late thaw, in the first week of June 2010 the amount of spring flood water influx was about twice the normal (peaking at 9,700 m 3 /s on 5 June and expected to stay around 7,000 m 3 /s throughout the second and ...