 Authorities in Russia's Khorgan region have announced mass evacuations as Russia's Khorgan and two-man regions and swaths of northern Kazakhstan are flooded. As a result of flooding and rising water levels, the Tobol River has swelled with meltwater and burst its banks, rising to 6.31 meters in the main city. Governor of Khorgan region, Vadim Shumkov said there was almost a sea of water approaching the area and fresh rainfall was making the situation worse. The city of Khorgan itself will be next. The flow of the Tobol is accelerating. The water level in it is constantly rising, Shumkov said. In addition to Tobol River's own waters and its tributaries, over 1.3 billion cubic meters of water comes from Kazakhstan, which, according to the Federal Water Resources Agency, is twice the volume of the 1994 floods. The volume of water is immense. Anything we see in Khorgan is still only a small part of the volume approaching the city, the governor said. He added that the water level in the village of Zvereinogolovskoye is decreasing very slowly, which indicates the movement of a large volume of water mass along the Tobol. Shumkov urged everyone who falls into the flood zone to evacuate immediately.