"Escalating Flood Crisis: Russia's Ural River Region Braces for Worsening Devastation"
The village of Kaminskoye in Russia's Kurgan region is being evacuated as the water level rose 1.4 meters overnight, with concerns that the deluge could reach the city of Kurgan in the coming days. In the city of Orenburg, hundreds of houses were flooded overnight, and the deluge is expected to peak on Friday before subsiding in two days' time. Efforts are underway to reinforce a dam in Kurgan as authorities monitor the situation closely.