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Water levels are still rising in rivers crossing Kazakhstan and Russia as floods continue to wreak havoc and force the evacuation of thousands from towns and cities.

ORAL, Kazakhstan -Parts of Kazakhstan on the lower reaches of the Ural River prepared for peak floodwater on Thursday, while three Russian regions struggled to cope more than two weeks into the worst... -April 18, 2024 at 07:44 am EDT - MarketScreener

Moscow (AFP) April 17, 2024 - Russian President Vladimir Putin called Wednesday on local leaders in Siberia and the Urals to make sure flood-hit homes are safe from looting, as authorities in the Kurgan region evacuated 14,000 people from the rising Tobol river.

What is the reason?

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What is driving the record-bad flooding that has devastated parts of Russia and Kazakhstan and forced tens of thousands of people to escape the fast-rising water?

Russian regions fight flood as water levels remain high Moscow: Russia's Kurgan and Tyumen regions have evacuated more than 15,000 people as of Thursday

Mass evacuations underway as Orenburg faces critical flooding due to rising Ural river levels.

Thousands have been evacuated as major rivers such as the Ural, which flows through Kazakhstan into the Caspian, overwhelm embankments.

The Russian city of Orenburg was battling rising water levels after major rivers across Russia and Kazakhstan burst their banks in the worst...