According to the agency project, the passport of the broken dams states that the accident on both of them will lead to “catastrophic” consequences: in the flood zone there will be up to 15 sq km of the territory, and the damage will be up to 5 billion rubles. A breakthrough of even one dam, according to the documents - an emergency situation of a federal nature.

The Governor of the Orenburg Region Denis Pasler called the flood of 2024 "the largest in the history of observations."

“The influx of melt water <...> has decreased a little, but still record, so the Iriclin hydroelectric power station does not reduce the volume of discharge-2170 cubes per second are preserved. It is obvious that the flood 2024 is the most multi -water in the history of observations in the Orenburg region. We continue the fight against the elements. After two or three days, it will be clear when to wait for a decline, ”he wrote in his Telegram channel.

On April 5, a dam was broken in Orsk, which defended the Old City area, in the area of Orenburg Street. After that, the emergency mode was introduced in the Orenburg region and the evacuation of local residents began. The reason was too much water level in the Ural River: the water rose above 9.6 meters, while the dam was designed for a water level of 5.5 meters.

A second dam broke through in Orsk