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- 16.02.2023 11:09:00
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As a result of avalanches in Khorog, 13 people were killed, 12 received various injuries, 4 residential buildings were also completely damaged, 35 partially, 5 economic facilities were damaged.
As previously reported, on February 15, at approximately 9:50 a.m. local time, a large avalanche descended on the residential buildings of the Nosir Khusrav Makhalla in Khorog.
The regional Commission for Emergency Situations determines the damage.
On the same day, at approximately 12:8 p.m., near the villages of Sadvad and Sedi of the teharv rural jamoat of the Vanch district of GBAO, a 30-year-old resident of the village of Sadvad was caught in an avalanche and died. His body was recovered by local residents.
At 17:10 p.m., two residents of the village of Khaspo, Vanch district, who arrived at the funeral rite (janoza) of the deceased resident of the village of Sadvad, also fell under an avalanche, one was saved, the search for the other continues.
According to the Committee, from February 13 to 15, 27 cases of avalanches were registered in the republic.
In order to evacuate the population from dangerous areas to safe places, 11 farms were evacuated in the Vanch district, 335 farms in the Rushansky district, 10 farms in the Shugnan district, 39 farms in the Roshtkalinsky district and 17 farms in Khorog.
Also on February 15, at about 12:00 p.m., avalanches descended on the 65th km of the Dushanbe-Varzob highway, killing a 47-year-old driver. His body was recovered by the Committee's rescuers on duty on two sections of the road.
According to weather forecasters, the danger of avalanches will persist until February 19.
Earlier, the Committee has already reported that due to warming in recent days and precipitation, there remains a danger of avalanches in the western regions of GBAO, in the mountains of the Gissar Range, as well as on the Dushanbe-Khorog, Dushanbe-Khujand, Dushanbe-Lakhsh, Khorog-Murghab, Khorog-Ishkashim highways.
Source: Khovar
