How the Ural River is flooding Orsk, Orenburg, and beyond Since the end of March, over 20 regions in Russia have been affected by floods. The cause is attributed to the snowy winter and sudden thaw.

Floods engulfed cities and towns across Russia ... The deluge of melt water overwhelmed scores of settlements in Russia’s Ural Mountains, Siberia, Volga and areas of Kazakhstan after major ...

ORENBURG, April 14. /TASS/. The water level of the Ural River near Orenburg has dropped for the first time since the flood began and currently reaches 1,185 cm, head of the press service of the ...