Some areas of Orenburg are threatened with blackouts

UFA, April 12. Short-term power outages are possible on some streets of Orenburg due to rising water in the Ural River, the city hall warned in its Telegram channel.
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"Due to the constant rise in water level in the Ural River There remains a risk of flooding of energy facilities,” the authorities explained.

Now employees of the Orenburg production department are transferring power to consumers to backup circuits, excluding substations in the risk zone from the power supply. In this regard, short-term power outages are possible in the areas limited by Stepan Razin, Uralskaya, Chkalov, and Turkestanskaya streets, the administration added.

According to the authorities of the Orenburg region, the water level in the Ural River is at Orenburg reached 1129 centimeters, which is 69 centimeters more than a day earlier. The dangerous level was exceeded by 199 centimeters.
Earlier it became known that another 900 household plots and 361 houses were flooded in the city overnight, and 99 residents were evacuated. The peak of the flood, according to the deputy head of the Orenburg administration Alexei Kudinov, will be on Friday, after which it will decline.

Record flood

The regions of the Southern Urals have faced unprecedented floods this year. The most difficult situation is in the Orenburg region. On Friday, April 5, the dam that protected Orsk from the Ural River broke. The authorities carried out a mass evacuation of residents from the Old City.

A federal emergency regime was introduced in the region. According to the regional government, damage from the flood could amount to 21 billion rubles.

The state of emergency is also in effect in the Kurgan and Tyumen regions. The water level in the Tobol River, according to Roshydromet forecasts, will exceed 11 meters. In some municipalities, preventive evacuation of the population has begun.
The authorities of neighboring Kazakhstan say that the current floods are the largest in the last 80-plus years, and a state of emergency has been declared in some regions of the country.
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