More than 4,000 people evacuated from a flooded area following the rupture of a dam in the Urals on Friday. In total, just over 2,500 houses were 'flooded' These floods due to melting snow are also affecting Kazakhstan, a country bordering Russia, which prompted President Kassym-Jomart Tokaïev to speak out in a televised speech.
The dam, which partially collapsed, is designed specifically for a level of the UrALS, the region's great river, of 5.5 m, compared to 9.6 meters currently.