“The water level in Tobol continues to rise. A colossal volume of water flows towards Kurgan. In Kurgan on April 16 at 2:00 (00:00 Moscow time) the level is 734 cm, + 11 cm in 2 hours,” the message said.
On Sunday morning the water height reached 491 centimeters; a day later the figure rose to 631 centimeters.
Authorities are calling on residents who have not yet left the danger zone to urgently evacuate.
On Monday afternoon, the water level in Tobol exceeded seven meters. In 12 hours it rose by 74 cm. A resident of the Glinka microdistrict in Kurgan said that an alarming situation reigns in the flood zone. Water arrives at Rodnichok-5 gardening at high speed.
