Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from 10 northern regions in Kazakhstan because of floods in the area, the authorities have said. The worse than usual seasonal floods have been ...

A mass evacuation is underway in the Russian city of Orenburg, as severe flooding tears through parts of the country and northern Kazakhstan. “A mass evacuation is underway,” the city’s ...

His case and the imprisonment of other Kazakh journalists in recent months have sparked concerns about press freedom and the treatment of journalists in Kazakhstan. To read the original story by ...

TASS/. Massive floods in Kazakhstan that began in March became the largest natural disaster in the country over the past 80 years, the country's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said in a televised ...

Floods over the past two weeks have forced evacuations of tens of thousands of people from northern Kazakhstan and bordering areas of Russia. They are caused by the rapid melting of snow and ice ...

ASTANA, April 8. /TASS/. Major floods have inundated 14 anthrax-contaminated cattle burial sites in western Kazakhstan, a regional Kazakh official said. "In order to prevent dangerous infectious ...

Listen to Australian and world news, and follow trending topics with SBS News Podcasts. Sign up now for the latest news from Australia and around the world direct to your inbox.

At the 16th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties in 2010, countries agreed to ...

Tens of thousands are evacuated in northern Kazakhstan, amid warnings that floods are spreading in Russia. Authorities say a fine will be issued after "excessive amounts of methane" were found in ...

The need to respond to natural disasters and unanticipated events in recent years, such as the Covid pandemic in 2020 and massive flooding in northern Kazakhstan this past spring, has been a major ...