Snow and rain to grip Kazakhstan
A storm alert was issued for 15 regions of Kazakhstan and the cities of Astana and Shymkent on January 29, Kazinform News Agency reports citing Kazhydromet.

Astana is expected to brace for snow and rain, ice-slick and snowstorms gusting 15-20 m/s.
Snow and snowstorms are expected in Abai region.
Heavy snow and rain, snowstorms, ice-slick and high wind are forecast for Zhambyl, North Kazakhstan, Turkistan and Akmola regions.
Aktobe region is to brace for ice-slick, ground blizzard, fog and high wind.
Atyrau, West Kazakhstan regions are also set to observe fog and ice-slick.
Snow and snowstorms are predicted to sweep through East Kazakhstan, Karaganda, Kostanay, Kyzylorda, Pavlodar and Ulytau regions.
On January 28, Kazinform reported that snow and snowstorms were expected to batter Kostanay, Pavlodar, and North Kazakhstan regions.