Worst floods in 80 years in Urals
Russia and Kazakhstan have evacuated over 110,000 people as melt water from the Ural Mountains raised river levels to the highest ever recorded

Caspian Sea
North Aral Sea
Ural
Volga
Astana
Atyrau
Aktobe
Kostanai
Orsk
Ishim
Irtysh
Tobol

RUSSIA
12,000 people evacuated

KAZAKHSTAN

Ural Mountains

Orenburg: Dam collapses, water level over 10m

Kurgan: If level reaches 14m, 280,000 at risk

Tyumen: Region under state of emergency

Ishim River: Waters forecast to continue rising

Worst affected areas: 96,000 people in Kazakhstan evacuated

100 miles
160km
Sources: BBC, Reuters
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