Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan – Thousands Evacuate After Dam Fails
Over 70,000 people have evacuated their homes in border areas of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan after a reservoir dam failed. The Syr Darya river, which runs near the border between the…
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Kazakhstan – Hundreds Evacuated After Heavy Rain and Melting Snow Cause Flooding in East
Three days of heavy rain and melting snow have caused flooding in East Kazakhstan Region of Kazakhstan. Flooding has affected the regional capital, Oskemen, and the districts of Ayagoz, Glubokoe,…
Kazakhstan – 7,000 Evacuated After Snowmelt Causes Floods in 7 Regions
Flooding has been reported in 7 regions of Kazakhstan over the last few days after snowmelt increased river levels across many parts of the country. The country’s Committee for Emergency…
Global Glacier Melt Reaches Record Levels
In the wake of recent glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF) in Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Pakistan, as well as the recent announcement by IOM that unseasonal snowmelt has resulted in over…
Kazakhstan Floods – 1,000 Evacuated After Glacial Lake Overflows in Almaty Region
Around 1,000 people were evacuated from areas around the city of Almaty, Kazakhstan, after floods and mudflow swept through residential streets on 23 July 2015. According to the committee of…
Kazakhstan – 15,000 Evacuated as Melting Snow Causes Floods in 4 Regions
Higher temperatures during the last fews days of March, and then again from 06 April, have increased the melting of snow and caused widespread flooding in central and eastern Kazakhstan…
Flooding in Southern Kazakhstan
Melting snow and heavy rain has left villages in Kyzylorda Oblast in southern Kazakhstan fighting floods for the last two weeks. Villages in the Zhanakorgan region are thought to be…
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