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This is the moment residents of a Russian city took to paddling down flooded streets after melted snow caused courtyards to overflow with water.
Citizens living in Omsk, the third largest city in Siberia, were spotted in footage standing atop colourful paddleboards as they navigated the flooded areas.
With trees still dusted in a thin layer of snow, dozens of residents gathered in a flooded courtyard outside an apartment building on Komarova Street.
Issues with the drainage of melted water forced owners of the apartment to organise the hilarious mass swim.
Many were seen sailing around, and some thrill-seekers even swung off low-hanging branches over the icy pool of water and into the small boats.
Residents in Omsk, Siberia, were spotted paddling down a flooded courtyard
Members of the community gathered to swim through the icy body of water on their inflatable boats
One daredevil was seen jumping off a tree and onto a boat below
Residents were seen in life jackets as they crossed the lake-like body of water on SUP boards and inflatable boats.
Donning shorts and wooly hats, some rafters were spotted poking their oars into the ice as they moved through the thawed yard.
A larger yellow inflatable with three people perched inside can be seen spinning on the ice as others glided past on their vessels.
'There was a lot of snow in the city this year and few people cleared it, but now it's flooded. Whole Venice . A standard yard in the city of Omsk,' one resident told a local news outlet.
Omsk's press service explained that the entrances to the apartments were not flooded and the sidewalks are also in satisfactory condition.
The deep puddles formed in a birch grove that grows near the building.
Footage of the moment has circulated on social media but opinions have been left divided as some viewers questioned the cleanness of the water
One group in a yellow inflatable were spinning on the icy water as others glided past them
The flooded courtyard was located outside an apartment building on Komarova Street
The footage of the wholesome moment has made its rounds on social media, but it has divided opinions due to questions around how clean the water is.
Taking to X, formerly Twitter, one user asked: 'Frozen sewerage?'
Another responded: 'Yup. Melting disgusting sewage mixed with some melting ice'.
One more disgusted viewer said: 'I don’t want to know where that water is from'.
A fourth chimed in: 'They really are the strangest creatures'.
Similar scenes were witnessed in 2018 when tourists were spotted making the most of a torrential downpour in Bali by paddling through main streets on surfboards.
Australian tourists and locals made their way down the streets of Kuta on their surfing equipment and other floating devices.
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