【转载】致敬涿州，俄哈边境城市Orsk决堤遭洪灾，数千建筑遭水淹，数千人撤离

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CNN — Thousands of Russians have been evacuated from their homes after an embankment dam broke in the southern region of Orenburg, near Kazakhstan, authorities said.

The dam in the city of Orsk could not contain the flow of water of the Ural river and broke in two places, local authorities told TASS.

At least three people have died as a result of the flooding, according to Russian state news agency TASS.

Authorities have reported that 4,208 people in the region have been evacuated, including 1,019 children, and 495 temporary accommodation centers for 82,200 people are being prepared, according to TASS.

As of Saturday morning, the level of the Ural river was nearly double the level the dam was designed to handle, according to regional authorities.

The dam failure occurred because the hydraulic structure was not properly maintained, and a criminal investigation has been opened, the regional prosecutor’s office said.

The dam was protecting the city from the waters of the Ural river. By Saturday morning, the water had reached several districts of the city, flooding nearly 2,400 residential buildings, TASS reported.

“A state of emergency is in effect in Orenburg,” the head of the Orenburg region Sergey Salmin said in a Telegram post Saturday.

“This situation leaves us no choice; overnight the [river] level may reach a critical level. I demand that everyone immediately leave their houses in the flood zone.”

“Those who refuse to leave the danger zone voluntarily will be evacuated forcibly, with the participation of police officers,” he added.

Orsk, a city of 230,000, lies near Russia’s border with Kazakhstan.

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev described the flooding as one of Kazakhstan’s largest natural disasters in 80 years, according to Reuters.

上月莫斯科遭IS恐怖袭击的事件刚告一段落，4.6俄南部奥伦堡地区乌拉尔河的堤坝又出现两处决堤，而这一事故导致俄哈边境城市Orsk至少2400建筑遭水淹。

塔斯社称这场洪灾目前已造成3人遇难，在这座常驻居民23万的城镇，当地政府已安排四千余居民撤离。当地政府称事故原因是堤坝结构维护不当，并且正在对此进行调查。

这一灾难令人回想起2023年夏季习总书记水淹涿州威震华夏的壮举，对于灾害的应急处理上，俄方的地板究竟能否高于中方的天花板，让我们拭目以待。至少第一天塔斯社就报道灾情并且当地有撤离行动这两点上，俄方先上一分。