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Kremlin Warns Floods May Worsen As Kazakhstan, Russia Evacuate 100,000

The Kazakh city of Petropavlovsk was bracing for a huge rise of water in the coming days (Credit: AFP)

Water levels on rivers in Russia and Kazakhstan continued to rise and flood whole villages and cities on Wednesday, with more than 100,000 people evacuated and the Kremlin warning a "very, very tense" situation was expected to worsen.

Fast-melting snow and ice has caused rivers in Russia's southern Urals, western Siberia as well as northern Kazakhstan to reach unprecedented heights, threatening major cities.

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