Orenburg Mayor Sergei Salmin demanded that residents of flooded houses evacuate, threatening forced removal. He noted that, according to the latest data as of April 6, the water level in the Urals is 855 cm, and it will rise.
“This situation leaves us no choice; overnight the level may reach a critical level,” Salmin emphasized. Earlier, the press service of the government of the Orenburg region stated that about 2 thousand people were evacuated from the flood zone in the city of Orsk.