The head of Orsk, Vasily Kozupitsa, predicted that water would leave the flooded city in 1.5-2 weeks. According to him, at the moment the number of places in temporary accommodation centers is much greater than the people arriving in Orsk.

Earlier, Koz upitsa said that in some places in the Orenburg region the water rose by almost 4 m. The situation with flooding in OrSk is rapidly developing for the worse, Kozupitse said.