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More than 97,000 people evacuated as floods hit KazakhstanA 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.

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Last Updated 10 April 2024, 18:21 IST

<div class="paragraphs"><p>A spokesman for the ministry told a briefing it was monitoring the situation in the Russian city of Orsk. (Representative image)</p></div>

A spokesman for the ministry told a briefing it was monitoring the situation in the Russian city of Orsk. (Representative image)

Credit: Reuters photo

Almaty: 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.

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(Published 10 April 2024, 18:21 IST)

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