Motorcycling-MotoGP postpones inaugural Kazakhstan Grand Prix due to severe floods

(Reuters) - The inaugural Grand Prix of Kazakhstan scheduled for June has been postponed until later in 2024 due to severe weather and flooding across central Asia, MotoGP said on Friday.

The floods have caused nearly 117,000 people to be evacuated, Kazakhstan's emergency ministry said in April.

"It would not be responsible for MotoGP to add any additional burden on the authorities or services as they work to help the tens of thousands of people affected across the country," MotoGP said in a statement.

The race was also cancelled last year due to ongoing works at the circuit near Almaty.

(Reporting by Chiranjit Ojha in Bengaluru; Editing by Toby Davis)