Russia’s government has declared flooding in the Orenburg region a federal emergency, state media has reported. The floods, caused by rising water levels in the Ural River, forced more than 4,000 people, including 885 children, to evacuate, the regional government said. The state news agency Tass said a further 2,000 homes were flooded, bringing the total to nearly 6,300 in the region Russia declares federal emergency over floods after dam bursts