Almaty hit by mud flowsAt aroud 2.15 am morainic lake Bezymyannoye at Kargaly glacier outburst. The water volume of the lake stood at 40 000 cubic meters. The outburst caused mud flows, with part of them overtopping the dam on the Kargaly River.
5.2 earthquake in Almaty, KazakhstanAlmaty is located near relatively young mountains in a seismologically active zone, but earthquakes of such magnitude are extremally rare.
16 August 2014
Mudflow aftermath remedied near AlmatyThe temporary check dam at the Talgar river meant to regulate water flow into irrigation channels destroyed by July 17 mudflood is being reconstructed.
19 July 2014
Rescuers pull bodies from Mexico mudslideRescuers pulled two bodies Thursday from a mudslide that buried a Mexican village, but dozens remained missing after storms lashed the country and killed almost 100 people nationwide.