2024 Central Asian floods

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2024 Central Asian floods

Damage in Kazakhstan
Date	April 2024
Location	Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Russia)
Deaths	8[1]

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] including 16,000 people in Kazakhstan.^[7] At least eight people died and hundreds of livestock have drowned in floods that are described to have inundated an area the size of western Europe.^[1]