Heavy rains in Russia burst dam

Started by TACAIR, April 07, 2024, 04:29:23 PM

Previous topic - Next topic

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Print
Go Down Pages1
User actions

TACAIR

April 07, 2024, 04:29:23 PM
Russia Evacuates Almost 4,500 People After Dam Burst - The Moscow Times

Authorities said the situation was difficult throughout the region, warning of a dangerous water level on the Ural River in the main city of Orenburg.

President Vladimir Putin ordered Emergency Situations Minister Alexander Kurenkov to the region, a Kremlin spokesman said late Saturday.
Authorities also opened a criminal case for "negligence and violation of construction safety rules" over the burst dam, which was built in 2014.

Orenburg - Google Maps

Orenburg study region: the Russian Federation (Basemap source: ESRI and National Geographic 2012).

cool old city and like most old cities, sits on the river.
6,606 City Orenburg Royalty-Free Photos and Stock Images | Shutterstock
I'd much rather be a disappointed pessimist than a horrified optimist....

My fiction work is found here:
https://www.amazon.com/D-K-Richardson/e/B005JT4QP2/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1

TACAIR

#1
April 11, 2024, 10:55:17 AM
WHICH AREAS ARE AFFECTED?
The worst hit areas in Russia are just to the south of the Ural Mountains, about 1,200 km (750 miles) east of Moscow.
Emergencies have been declared in the Orenburg and Kurgan regions of the Urals and in the Tyumen region in western Siberia, which is the largest hydrocarbon basin in the world.

Why are floods in Russia and Kazakhstan so bad this year? | Reuters
Why are floods in Russia and Kazakhstan so bad this year? | Reuters

covers the vast areas flooded in Russia, and the reason why.  This background if you are not familiar with the region.\

Aerial video shows severe flooding in Russia (youtube.com)
entire villages destroyed

Russia flooding: Anger boils over for some in Ural region | CNN
follow-up on the dam story I first posted.
Seems folks are royally pissed at the local Govt inaction and the corruption that led to the failure in the beginning.

Extreme flooding swamps Russia's Orenburg region (yahoo.com)
Extreme flooding swamps Russia's Orenburg region (yahoo.com)
arial overview of the downstream side of the dam failure
110K displaced.  Make no mistake, for that region, quite a major disaster.

There will be political repercussions, make bank on it.
I'd much rather be a disappointed pessimist than a horrified optimist....

My fiction work is found here:
https://www.amazon.com/D-K-Richardson/e/B005JT4QP2/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1

majorhavoc

#2
April 11, 2024, 01:34:31 PM
Russian plant producing BMP-3 & BMD-4 IFVs faces risk of submersion
Russian plant producing BMP-3 & BMD-4 IFVs faces risk of submersion
A post-apocalyptic tale of love, loss and redemption. And zombies!
<br />https://ufozs.com/smf/index.php?topic=105.0

Z.O.R.G.

#3
April 11, 2024, 05:18:26 PM
Quote from: majorhavoc on April 11, 2024, 01:34:31 PMRussian plant producing BMP-3 &amp; BMD-4 IFVs faces risk of submersion
Russian plant producing BMP-3 & BMD-4 IFVs faces risk of submersion

Well that could complicate things...

TACAIR

#4
April 13, 2024, 09:14:56 PM
I'd much rather be a disappointed pessimist than a horrified optimist....

My fiction work is found here:
https://www.amazon.com/D-K-Richardson/e/B005JT4QP2/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1
Print
Go Up Pages1
User actions
SMF spam blocked by CleanTalk