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Orskin kaupungissa etelä-Venäjällä Orenburgin alueella petti pato. Noin 4000 asuintaloa uhkaa jäädä tulvan alle.
https://tass.ru/proisshestviya/20459989A dam broke in Orsk
MOSCOW, April 5. /TASS/. A dam broke in Orsk, Orenburg region. This was reported to TASS by the operational services.
“A dam has broken in Orsk. City residents are being evacuated from houses located in the flood zone,” the agency’s interlocutor said.
The operational services added that about 4 thousand private residential buildings could fall into the flood zone. Up to 10 thousand people can live in the houses.
According to the government of the Orenburg region, a section of an embankment dam broke in the old city. Six temporary temporary accommodation centers were prepared for evacuation from the territory of old Orsk. “Temporary accommodation points have been prepared for evacuation: school 17, school 37, gymnasium 1, gymnasium 3, school 88, school 11,” the city administration said in a message on its VKontakte page . ".
As the Ministry of Emergency Situations clarified, rescuers and municipal services are working to strengthen the dam. “Two front-end loaders and four heavy loads of soil are working,” the department’s press service said.
The ministry added that for preventive purposes, door-to-door visits are being carried out and residents are being evacuated from a possible flood zone to temporary accommodation centers. “The gathering place for the evacuation of residents is Krainaya Street,” the department added.
Firefighters are evacuating elderly and disabled citizens from the flood zone, a video from the Ministry of Emergency Situations shows. The dispatcher tells them the addresses to which they go in fire trucks. A civil defense siren sounds in the city.
Earlier it was reported that there was a threat of a dam breaking in Orsk. The authorities recommended residents of several streets to collect documents and evacuate to temporary accommodation centers. A state of emergency has been introduced in the city. Rescue teams from Moscow arrived there and rescuers from Perm followed.