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Highland Gold Maple making syrup from Cape Breton woods for 25 years | SaltWire #capebreton #mapleMOSCOW/ALMATY - Floods gripped cities and towns across Russia and Kazakhstan on Wednesday after Europe's third-longest river burst its banks, forcing over 110,000 people to evacuate and swamping parts of the Russian city of Orenburg.The worst hit areas in Russia are just to the south of the Ural Mountains, about 1,200 km east of Moscow.
In Kazakhstan, the Ural flows through the major oil industry hub of Atyrau, where authorities have closed schools and mobilised thousands of people to reinforce river banks and build dams. - Russia has stepped up bottled water supplies. Hepatitis A vaccinations were being conducted in flooded areas- Some of the areas experiencing floods are also key wheat producing areas. Russia is the world's biggest wheat exporter.
It said the plant had been shut to avoid ecological risks and ensure labour safety. Last year the refinery processed 4.5 million metric tons of oil.
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