This story originally appeared in Vlast.kz. Over the past five years, the Ural River’s level has dropped so much that it seriously impedes river traffic. Such professions as ship-repair mechanic and ...

Water levels are falling on the Ural, the third-longest river in Europe. The river begins in Russia's Ural Mountains, flowing through Kazakhstan before emptying into the Caspian Sea. This year, ...

This was CNBC's live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine. See below for the latest updates. Overnight attacks by Russia on Ukraine damaged infrastructure and private homes, regional ...

Russians in the city of Orsk gathered in a rare protest Monday, calling for compensation following the collapse of a dam and subsequent flooding in the Orenburg region near the border with Kazakhstan.

MOSCOW — Floods caused by rising water levels in the Ural River broke a dam in a city near Russia's border with Kazakhstan, forcing some 2,000 people to evacuate, local authorities said. The dam broke ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s government declared the situation in flood-hit areas in the Orenburg region a federal emergency on Sunday, with preparations for possible flooding underway in three other ...

Russian officials scrambled to help homeowners displaced by floods as water levels rose in the Ural River, authorities said Wednesday. Floods in the Orenburg region near Russia's border with ...

A new species of gudgeon was discovered in the Ural River of western Russia. Turbanov IS, Bolotovskiy AA, Artaev ON, Gandlin AA, Levina MA, Vasil’eva ED, Levin BA (2025) Zoosystematics and Evolution ...