Floods caused by rising water levels in the Ural River broke a dam in a city near Russia's border with Kazakhstan, forcing some 2,000 people to evacuate, local authorities said
In this grab taken from a video released by the Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service on Saturday, April 6, 2024, a Russian Emergency Ministry worker carries a dog during an evacuation of local residents, after a part of a dam burst causing flooding, in Orsk, Russia. Floods caused by rising water levels in the Ural River broke a dam in a city near Russia's border with Kazakhstan, forcing some 2,000 people to evacuate, local authorities said.
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