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Landslides have killed at least 12 Alaskans in the past decade and destroyed homes and critical infrastructure.
An additional half an inch of rain could fall through the end of the week as Anchorage is seeing one of its wettest summers on record.
This region endured similar major floods in 1922, 1942 and 1957 though the current disaster was "extraordinary and all previous 'records' have been surpassed," she added.The Ural River flooded Russia's Orenburg region in particular, while the Ishim — which feeds the Siberian regions of Tyumen and Omsk, and northern Kazakhstan — also burst its banks.
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