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The '''Kyzyl-Agash dam''' was a dam located outside the village of Kyzyl-Agash, [[Kazakhstan]], which burst on 11 March 2010, flooding the village. At least 35 people were killed and over 1000 evacuated from the village.<ref name="AFP">{{cite news|url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h_voEzPqVAaGf-zOCXEZNGmRUKrA|title=Kazakh president wants prosecutions over flooding|publisher=[[Agence France-Presse|AFP]] hosted by [[Google]]|accessdate=15 March 2010}}</ref><ref name="Statesmen">{{cite news|url=http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/thousands-evacuated-after-severe-floods-destroyed-two-dams-in-the-south-of-kazakhstan/|title=Thousands evacuated after severe floods destroyed two dams in south Kazakhstan|last=Umeed|first=Ibn e |date=12 March 2010|publisher=The Statesmen|accessdate=15 March 2010}}</ref>

The dam, which held a man-made [[reservoir]] burst after a combination of torrential rain and a sudden rise in temperatures causing early [[snowmelt]].<ref name="AFP"/><ref name="RFERL">{{cite news|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/Kazakhstan_Detains_Officials_After_Deadly_Flood/1984015.html|title=Kazakhstan Detains Officials After Deadly Flood |date=15 march 2010|publisher=Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty|accessdate=15 March 2010}}</ref> The dam unleashed torrents of water almost 2 meters high and washed away a bridge on a main highway connecting Almaty with the city of [[Oskemen|Ust-Kamenogorsk]] near the border with Russia.<ref name="Today">{{cite news|url=http://www.todayonline.com/BreakingNews/EDC100313-0000161/Kazakhstan-flooding-death-toll-rises-to-30-as-recovery-efforts-pick-up-pace|title=Kazakhstan flooding death toll rises to 30 as recovery efforts pick up pace|date=13 March 2010 |publisher=Today Online|accessdate=15 March 2010}}</ref><ref name="Statesmen"/>

More than 600 emergency service workers have travelled to the region to clear the debris and to provide tents and much needed aid for evacuees. Kazakhstan's [[Prime Minister of Kazakhstan|Prime Minister]], [[Karim Massimov]], has also travelled to the region to personally supervise the relief efforts.<ref name="Today"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/03/2010313135443279239.html|title=Dam burst destroys Kazakh village |date=14 March 2010|publisher=Al Jazeera |accessdate=15 March 2010}}</ref>

[[President of Kazakhstan|President]] [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]] ordered an investigation into the incident, issuing a statement in which he said "the general prosecutors or the interior ministry should open a criminal probe against the owner of the reservoir. It should be made responsible for the death of so many people".<ref name="AFP"/> The Interior Ministry have said that Kazakh police have detained several regional officials, including the mayor of Kyzyl-Agash.<ref name="RFERL"/>

The following day another dam was washed away in the nearby Karatalsky district. A village was flooded, but many of the 820 people had already been evacuated.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://globalvoicesonline.org/2010/03/15/kazakhstan-flood-kills-47-leaves-hundreds-homeless/|title=Kazakhstan: Flood Kills 47, Leaves Hundreds Homeless|last=Nurmakov |first=Adil |date=15 March 2010|publisher=Global Voices|accessdate=15 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://freemalaysiatoday.com/fmt-english/world/world-news/3209-thousands-evacuated-after-dams-burst-in-kazakhstan|title=Thousands evacuated after dams burst in Kazakhstan |date=12 March 2010|publisher=Free Malaysia Today|accessdate=15 March 2010}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:2010 natural disasters]]
[[Category:2010 floods]]
[[Category:Dam disasters]]
[[Category:Floods in Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:2010 in Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Dams in Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Orphaned articles from March 2010]]

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