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Date | April 2024 |
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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]