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By Guy Faulconbridge, Olzhas Auyezov

The Russian city of Orenburg battled rising water levels on Thursday after major rivers across Russia and Kazakhstan burst their banks in the worst flooding seen in the areas in nearly a century. The deluge of meltwater has forced over 110,000 people from their homes in Russia's Ural Mountains, Siberia and Kazakhstan as major rivers such as the Ural, which flows through Kazakhstan into the Caspian, overwhelmed embankments, Reuters reported.

ASTANA. April 11 (Interfax-Kazakhstan) - The Financial Monitoring Agency (AFM) of Kazakhstan is conducting pre-trial investigations in Almaty, Aktobe and Ulytau regions in relation to contractors who were supposed to carry out work on the construction and proper maintenance of mudflow protection dams and reservoirs, widening river beds to ensure the safety of citizens during flood period, the department's press service reported.

Floods engulfed cities and towns across Russia and Kazakhstan after Europe's third-longest river burst its banks, forcing about 110,000 people to evacuate.

Russia, Kazakhstan battle record floods as river levels rise further