NNA - Russian Emergencies Minister Alexander Korenkov warned that the situation was "critical" in the city of Orsk in the Ural Mountains region, two days after a dam collapsed and the authorities were forced to evacuate more than four thousand people, according to "Agence France-Presse."

“A critical situation has arisen in Orsk,” Korenkov said, in statements from the industrial city, which has a population of approximately 200,000 people and is located near the border with Kazakhstan. The authorities also announced that education in schools will take place “remotely” due to the floods.

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