JRL NEWSWATCH: “What’s Causing Russia’s Record Floods?” – Moscow Times/AFP
![Map of CIS Central Asia and Environs](https://russialist.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/cis-asia-big-e1641600925939-300x200.jpg)
“… The cause is primarily the rapid onset of warm spring weather meeting lots of winter snow, causing a sudden melt and quick filling of rivers. [The University of Reading’s Maria] Shahgedanova said about half of all floods in this region have started this way, with another third attributed to rainfall and about 15% due to ice blockages in rivers. […]
» Read more