Russian regions fight flood as water levels remain high

STORY: Russian regions fight flood as water levels remain high SHOOTING TIME: April 16-18, 2024 DATELINE: April 19, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:02 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: (Source: Emercom of Russia) 1. various of affected areas and rescue efforts STORYLINE: Russia's Kurgan and Tyumen regions have evacuated more than 15,000 people as of Thursday due to flooding threat as water levels are forecast to continue rising in the coming days. In the Kurgan region, the water level of the Tobol River keeps rising, the Ministry of Emergency Situations said Thursday, adding that in the regional center, the level has reached around 970 cm, surpassing the dangerous mark. Almost 14,000 people have been evacuated, with 2,090 residential buildings and 3,380 country houses flooded, data from the regional department of emergency situations showed Thursday. The water in the Tobol River near Kurgan will continue to rise in the next one to two days, the department said. In the neighboring Tyumen re

Russian regions grapple with severe flooding amid rising water levels

STORY: Russian regions grapple with severe flooding amid rising water levels SHOOTING TIME: April 11, 2024 DATELINE: April 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:53 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: (Source: Russian Ministry of Emergency) 1. various of affected areas 2. various of evacuations STORYLINE: At least 13,000 people have been evacuated in parts of Russia as of Thursday, as multiple regions continue to battle extreme floods amid rising water levels, local authorities said. In some of the worst flooding in decades due to a continuous rise in daily average temperatures, snowmelt and rivers thawing, Russia's western Siberia, the Volga region and the Central Federal District have been flooded. A state of emergency has been declared in the Orenburg, Kurgan, and Tyumen regions. In the worst-hit western Orenburg region, 7,800 people have been evacuated, according to the regional government, with water levels in the Ural river around the region breaking records last night. The flooding is expected to p

Celebration of Izium liberation anniversary

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KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 10, 2023 - Protective construction seal kurgan stelae, known locally as babas, A man and a woman sit on the slope of Mount Kremenets on the first anniversary of the liberation of Izium from Russian invaders, Kharkiv Region, northeastern Ukraine.

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Kazak radiation victim's peace message relayed to Hiroshima

Kazak radiation victim's peace message relayed to Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Paintings, poems and a videotaped peace message from Renata Izmailova, 17, physically handicapped due to exposure as a fetus to radiation from Semipalatinsk nuclear tests in Kazakstan, have been conveyed to Hiroshima. Her father Feat Izmailov, 47, attended this year's ban-the-bomb conference. The photo of the father and daughter was taken in Taldy-Kurgan, Kazakstan, in May 1998.

Football: Run-up to Russia World Cup

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Photo taken in August 2017 shows The Motherland Calls! statue at Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, Russia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kazak radiation victim's peace message relayed to Hiroshima

Kazak radiation victim's peace message relayed to Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Paintings, poems and a videotaped peace message from Renata Izmailova, 17, physically handicapped due to exposure as a fetus to radiation from Semipalatinsk nuclear tests in Kazakstan, have been conveyed to Hiroshima. Her father Feat Izmailov, 47, attended this year's ban-the-bomb conference. The photo of the father and daughter was taken in Taldy-Kurgan, Kazakstan, in May 1998.