Supervisor Elham AbolFateh
Editor in Chief Mohamed Wadie

Over 98,000 People Evacuated due to Floods in Kazakhstan


Thu 11 Apr 2024 | 03:47 PM
Yara Sameh

On Thursday, more than 98,000 people have been evacuated due to floods in Kazakhstan, the country's emergencies ministry said.

A spokesman for the ministry said it was closely monitoring the situation in the North Kazakhstan and Akmola regions, which were at risk of further flooding.

Earlier, the emergencies ministry said  that a state of emergency remained in effect in eight regions of the country.

Emergency workers have removed 8.8 million cubic meters (310 million cubic feet) of water from flooded areas, the ministry said. 

The Kazakh government also said the movement was restricted on hundreds of kilometers of roads in the Aktobe, Akmola, AtOver 98,000 People Evacuated due to Floods in Kazakhstanyrau, Kostanai, Mangistau, and North Kazakhstan regions.