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Three people are dead and over 4,000 people have been evacuated from the Russian city of Orsk after a dam burst, causing severe flooding in the area. Strong storms in the Ural Mountains recently had led to almost double the amount of water than usual in the Ural River, and the dam could not hold the excess weight. Officials are forcing anyone in a flood zone to evacuate, as the already critical water levels are still rising and they do not know how high they might go. Russia has opened up a criminal case into the structural integrity and engineering behind the dam, but some specialists have stated that the dam was built to hold a different amount-- this was a lot more water than it was built to handle. Evacuations are still taking place to prevent any more deaths, and residents of the area are hoping that the water levels stop rising before the damage becomes irreversible.
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