Russians stage rare protest after unprecedented floods engulf Ural region

Emergency workers and police ride a boat through a flooded street during evacuations after parts of a dam burst, in Orsk, Russia, April 8, 2024. Emergency workers help a woman get off a boat during evacuations of local residents in a flooded street after a part of a dam burst, in Orsk, Russia, April 8, 2024.

Hundreds of residents in southwestern Russia’s Ural region staged a rare protest Monday, demanding compensation for the flooding of their homes after a dam gave way because of rising floodwaters.