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Thousands flee Siberian floods.
Add it to this page and have it appear immediately. Discuss this story in the forum Emergency workers in Russia have started using explosives to blast ice jams on major rivers in a bid to avert floods, according to reports. This is a frequent routine there in Springtime when rivers frequently become ice-clogged and can overflow their banks as the winter snow melts. Workers have already used about a ton of explosives to dynamite the ice on the Syzranka River in the north-central Ulyanovsk region, and in the Tura River in the Ural Mountains. If you enter your name, we will add it to our Thanks page, and credit you in the text.