Russia's Urals region has set a new 40-year rainfall record, with flooding affecting 28 municipalities.

Rainfall in the Sverdlovsk region has continued almost without interruption since the beginning of June, The Caspian Post reports, citing the Baza Telegram channel.

By the end of the month, precipitation levels had surpassed the previous record established in 1986.

"A baric trough (an area of low atmospheric pressure) developed over the Middle Urals. At the same time, a high-altitude cyclone combined with an Atlantic cyclone system moving in from the Baltic, creating powerful rain clouds," the report said.

Flooding has been recorded across 28 municipalities. The hardest-hit areas include Polevskoy, Serov, the Verkh-Neyvinsky urban district, Irbit and the Irbitsky district, the Kushvinsky district, Pervouralsk, Bilimbey, the Shalinsky district, Nizhnie Sergi, Revda, and Sloboda. In addition, heavy rainfall flooded the only maternity hospital in Kamensk-Uralsky.

Authorities reported that eight temporary accommodation centers have been opened across the region, providing shelter to 86 people, including 27 children. Overall, more than 400 residents have been evacuated from the flooded areas.