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More than 97,000 people evacuated as floods hit Kazakhstan

On Wednesday, the emergencies ministry announced that over 97,000 individuals in Kazakhstan have been forced to evacuate as a result of floods.

Reuters WORLD
Published April 10,2024
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More than 97,000 people have been evacuated due to floods in Kazakhstan, the emergencies ministry said on Wednesday.

A spokesman for the ministry told a briefing it was monitoring the situation in the Russian city of Orsk and water levels in the Ural river which flows through Orsk and Kazakhstan then into the Caspian Sea.