Residents of a small town in the west-central region of Chelyabinsk have been ordered to evacuate Russiaafter heavy rains caused a dam to burst last week.
Alexei Teksler said, TASS reported, that residents are being evacuated from the city of Miass, which has about 160,000 residents.
“The water level keeps rising”
“There is a risk of water reaching homes. The water level continues to rise and therefore the decision was made to start the preventive evacuation of residents in order to ensure their safety. At the moment, the evacuation is underway,” Teksler told state television Rossiya-24, TASS reported.
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Last week’s heavy rains caused 100 meter dam rupture and prompted authorities on Friday to evacuate several villages in the southern Ural Mountains.
Sources: AMPE, Reuters