OREANDA-NEWS The Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in the Samara region has denied information on social networks about the alleged breach of a dam in the region as a result of flooding.

Earlier, several local Telegram channels reported a dam break near the village of Augustovka in the Bolshechnigovsky district of the Samara region, as a result of which, it was claimed, the nearest settlements began to flood.

"According to the administration of the Bolshechnigovsky district, there are no flooded areas in the village of Augustovka. No dams have been breached on the territory of the Samara region," the GUMCHS of Russia in the Samara region told reporters.