TASHKENT, Jul 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A mudflow, caused by heavy rainfall, has killed eight people and injured six others in Kasansay district of eastern Namangan region, Uzbek Emergency Situations Ministry said, yesterday.
Heavy rains in the Jalal-Abad region of neighbouring Kyrgyzstan, caused a sudden mudflow in the downstream Kasansay river, the ministry said, adding that, search for other victims and rescue work were underway.
Representatives of the regional emergency department, police, and the prosecutor’s office, are working at the scene, according to the report.– NNN-AGENCIES
