Orenburg region authorities said that while the Ural river "went down by nine centimeters (3.5 inches)" in Orsk, water levels in the city of Orenburg were still rising fast.

Russia’s government declared the situation in flood-hit areas in the Orenburg region a federal emergency on Sunday, with preparations for possible flooding underway in three other regions, state ...

Floods have swamped parts of Russia and Kazakhstan after Europe’s third-longest river burst its banks, forcing more than 100,000 people to evacuate and sparking protests against the authorities.

Russian media cited Orenburg region authorities as estimating the cost of flood damage locally as about 21 billion roubles ($227m), and saying that floodwaters would dissipate only after April 20.

MOSCOW, April 10 (Reuters) - The number of people evacuated due to flooding in Russia's Orenburg region has grown to 7,700, state news agency TASS reported on Wednesday citing local government.

About 1,000 more homes were flooded in Russia's Orenburg in the 24 hours to Sunday morning, but water levels in the Ural river that runs through the city have started subsiding, officials said.

There has been no statement from Orenburg regional governor, Denis Pasler, on his Telegram social media channel. A Tu 134 aircraft is seen at Chelyabinsk in Russia in January 2018.

Thousands of Russians have been evacuated from their homes after an embankment dam broke in the southern region of Orenburg, near Kazakhstan, authorities said. The dam in the city of Orsk could ...

A Ukrainian drone struck a radar system in Russia's Orenburg region, more than 1,100 miles from the border with Ukraine, the most far-reaching drone attack on a Russian target during the war so far.

Russia’s government has declared the situation in flood-hit areas in the Orenburg region a federal emergency, state media reported. The floods, caused by rising water levels in the Ural River ...

Sources indicate that the Orenburg plant has not produced or exported any LPG from Kazakh gas so far this year, the report ...

About 1,000 more homes were flooded in Russia's Orenburg in the 24 hours to Sunday morning, but water levels in the Ural river that runs through the city have started subsiding, officials said.