Rising waters in Russia’s Kurgan expected to peak on Monday

More than 7,100 people were evacuated on Sunday from several hundred residential buildings that had been flooded, state news agency RIA said, citing Russia's emergency ministry, as the waters threatened 62 settlements and 4,300 homes. In neighbouring Kazakhstan, where more than 108,000 have been evacuated since floods began last week, waters submerged more than 1,000 additional homes in the city of Petropavlovsk on Sunday, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people. The Tobol rose 23 cm (9 inches) in the four hours to 6 a.m. (0100 GMT) on Monday, the administration of the region, located at the confluence of the Ural mountains and Siberia, said on the Telegram messaging app.