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Authorities in Russia’s Kurgan and Tyumen regions have urged residents to flee as the nearby Tobol and Ishim rivers swelled to dangerous levels. Officials previously forecast that the Ishim and Tobol rivers would reach peak levels around April 23-25. But the Kremlin said flood water levels were now expected to increase in the Kurgan and Tyumen regions by mid-week as the riversapproached or exceeded eight meters on Tuesday. “Dear residents of the region, if you live in the flood zone, evacuate immediately,” the Kurgan regional governmentsaid in a statement posted on the Russian social network V…

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