People sail an inflatable boat through a flooded residential area in Orenburg, Russia, April 12, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

A view of room in a flooded house in Orenburg, Russia, April 12, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

A man prepares to jump into rescuers' boat during evacuation amid flooding in Orsk, Orenburg region, Russia April 13, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Excavators work on a dam on the Ishim River amid flooding in Petropavl, Kazakhstan April 12, 2024. REUTERS/Turar Kazangapov

Rescuers take local residents by boat to visit their apartment in a flooded residential area in Orsk, Orenburg region, Russia April 13, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

A drone view shows a flooded residential area in Petropavl, Kazakhstan April 13, 2024. REUTERS/Turar Kazangapov

Local resident Dmitry Dragoshantsev is helped by friends to remove a kitchen hood from the wall in his flooded house in Orenburg, Russia, April 12, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

A drone view shows a man standing on the top of a container with a dog during the evacuation from a flooded residential area in Petropavl, Kazakhstan April 13, 2024. REUTERS/Turar Kazangapov

A drone view shows a flooded residential area in the settlement of Zarechnoye, Orenburg region, Russia, April 11, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer

A drone view shows people gathered by a flooded road in a residential area in Petropavl, Kazakhstan April 13, 2024. REUTERS/Turar Kazangapov

Local resident Artem Rusalovsky stands by clothes laid out to dry outside a house after floodwaters receded in Orsk, Orenburg region, Russia April 13, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

A drone view shows a truck driving along the flooded street in the settlement of Zarechnoye, Orenburg region, Russia, April 11, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer

Local resident Dmitry Dragoshantsev carries a backpack with his cats out of his flooded house in Orenburg, Russia, April 12, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Local resident Dmitry Dragoshantsev smokes as he stands in the gate of a flooded house in Orenburg, Russia, April 12, 2024. The sign on the gate reads: "Dream Street" REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov