Spring snowmelt brought widespread flooding to southern Siberia and northern Kazakhstan in May 2006.
Published May 10, 2006
Springtime flooding in southern Siberia is not unusual. Melting snow fills the north-flowing rivers in the south even as upstream sections of the river are still frozen. Floods build up behind dams of ice, or simply build under the fast flow of spring runoff. Spring of 2006 was not exceptional.
Published May 8, 2006
