Meltwater has flooded 330 houses in Atbasar town in Akmola Oblast in central Kazakhstan. 256 people were evacuated and accommodated in local schools. 5 lookout posts were set up. “Several explosions were made to break ice clogging were made in the riverbed and the water level has started going down, because the melt water started flowing through the pipe culverts,” the press office reported.
Akmola Oblast flooded by melt waters in Kazakhstan