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2024 Central Asian floods. In April 2024, extensive flooding impacted several regions of Kazakhstan and Russia, specifically in the Ural Mountains and Siberia. [2] Snow melt caused freshets [1] resulting in the Orsk Dam collapsing. [3] In Russia, a federal emergency was declared. [4] Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated [5][6 ...
ORENBURG, Russia (Reuters) -Floods engulfed cities and towns across Russia and Kazakhstan on Wednesday after Europe's third-longest river burst its banks, forcing about 110,000 people to evacuate ...
April 5 - ongoing (flooding) Deaths. 5 [ 1 ] Non-fatal injuries. 9. Missing. 2. On 5 April, the Orsk Dam collapsed due to flooding along the Ural River, [ 2 ] prompting evacuations. At least six people were injured and damage was estimated to be around 1.2 billion rubles (US$ 12.9 million).
ORSK, Russia (Reuters) -Russia and Kazakhstan ordered more than 100,000 people to evacuate after swiftly melting snow swelled mighty rivers beyond bursting point in the worst flooding in the area ...
The Russian city of Orenburg battled rising water levels on Thursday after major rivers across Russia and Kazakhstan burst their banks in the worst flooding seen in the areas in nearly a century.
21–23 March – Nowruz. 1 May – Kazakhstan People's Unity Day. 7 May – Defender of the Fatherland Day. 9 May – Great Patriotic War Against Fascism Victory Day. 16 June – Qurban Ayt. 6 July – Capital City Day. 30 August – Constitution Day. 25 October – Republic Day. 16 December – Independence Day.
PETROPAVLOVSK, Kazakhstan (Reuters) -Swathes of northern Kazakhstan and Russia's Urals region were flooded on Monday as melt waters swelled the tributaries of the world's seventh longest river ...
The 2022 Kazakh unrest, [a] also known as January Events, [b] [15] [16] [17] Bloody January, [c] [18] [19] or the January Tragedy, [d] [20] [21] was a series of mass protests and civil unrest that began in Kazakhstan on 2 January 2022 after a sudden sharp increase in liquefied petroleum gas prices following the lifting of a government-enforced price cap on 1 January.