Dam breaks in Russia’s Orenburg Region VIDEO

A piece of an embankment dam broke in the Old Town of Orsk, Orenburg Region, affecting around 4,200 houses and nearly 11,000 people across the region. There were no victims of the emergency.

As of 10:30 a.m. Moscow time, operational services told TASS that the dam in Orsk had completely collapsed. However, later, the press service of the regional government told TASS that the information about the complete destruction of the dam in Orsk did not correspond to reality and that the flow at one of the two damaged points on the dam was eliminated.

According to authorities, the water level continues to increase, and the situation could worsen.

Over 700 people were evacuated to temporary accommodation centres.