“Taking into account the cost of 1 square meter of housing established by the Ministry of Construction of the Russian Federation, the preliminary amount of funds for measures of social support for citizens whose housing was lost as a result of an emergency situation could amount to more than 21 billion rubles,” TASS quotes him.

The water level in the Ural River near Orenburg increased by 28 cm per day, 1,784 areas and 1,347 households were flooded. 428 people were evacuated, including 27 children. There are six people in temporary accommodation centers, one of them is a child.

The flooded areas of Orsk were filmed by drone.

Orenburg Mayor Sergei Salmin said that the flood situation in Orenburg remains critical.