Over 2,000 trapped by heavy rains, floods in Russia's Ural regions

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

* Perilous Times and Global Warming

Over 2,000 trapped by heavy rains, floods in Russia's Ural regions*

2008-06-16

MOSCOW, June 16 (Xinhua) -- More than 2,000 people were stranded in
villages of Russia's Ural regions due to heavy rainfall and rising flood
waters, Itar-Tass reported on Monday.

Water levels in the rivers of Tura and Nitsa, crossing the
Sverdlovsk region, had risen by eight to 12 cm for the past few days and
traffic with the besieged villages were disrupted, the local emergencies
department said.

Local authorities established communication with those settlements
by ferryboats, and all the flood-trapped people were provided with food
and medicine, local officials said.