Putin was informed about the flood situation in Orenburg, Kurgan and Tyumen

President Vladimir Putin received reports on the flood situation from the governors of the Orenburg, Kurgan and Tyumen regions. A separate report was provided by the head of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, Alexander Kurenkov, who again arrived in the flood zone on the morning of April 9, according to a message on the Kremlin website.

Earlier, Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. Based on its results, as the Kremlin press service clarified, the heads of state gave instructions to governments to synchronize actions to combat floods.

On April 5, due to powerful floods on the Ural River in Orsk, a dam broke. According to the latest data, the number of flooded houses exceeded 10.5 thousand. About 6.4 thousand people were evacuated in the Orenburg region, and more than 550 more in the village of Zverinogolovskoye in the Kurgan region. The Orenburg, Kurgan and Tyumen regions are in a state of emergency. In Kazakhstan, due to severe floods, a state of emergency was declared in ten regions of the country; Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called the situation the most difficult in 80 years.