Dead fish, foul tap water, and a criminal investigation: what’s happening to the Tura River in Russia’s Tyumen region
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Dead fish, foul tap water, and a criminal investigation: what’s happening to the Tura River in Russia’s Tyumen region
For more than a week, residents of Tyumen have been posting on social media about the state of the Tura River, which runs through the city. They complain of a strong, foul smell near the river, and they have posted photographs of dead fish heaped along the banks. Residents also describe a foul smell coming from the tap water in their apartments, and some say the water has given them conjunctivitis, cystitis, and intestinal infections. On July 24…
Photo: "The Tümen emergency" in the Tumen region introduced a regional emergency due to an abnormal flood, reported Governor Alexander Moor. The regime extends to Tumen and the Tumen municipal district. According to the authorities, the water level in the Tour River reached 877 centimetres in the morning of 28 July at a critical level of 850 centimetres. Only in the last 24 hours did the water rise by 13 centimetres. It is predicted that the flo…
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