Tajik avalanche death toll rises to 15
Reuters
February 16, 2023 18:21 MYT
February 16, 2023 18:21 MYT
A view shows the area affected by an avalanche in Gorno-Badakhshan region, Tajikistan, February 15, 2023. - Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense of Tajikistan/via REUTERS
DUSHANBE: A series of avalanches has killed five more people in eastern Tajikistan, the Central Asian nation's government said on Thursday, bringing the death toll over the past two days to 15 and forcing hundreds of families from their homes.
Most of the avalanches hit the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region, which borders China and Afghanistan, and where more than 400 households have been relocated away from dangerous areas.