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Tajikistan|life|April 15, 2017 / 05:12 PM
2yo child with mother killed by mudflow in Tajikistan

AKIPRESS.COM - A young woman with her 2-year-old child were killed after mudflow hit the house in Sagirdasht village, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan, reports RIA Novosti with reference to a spokesperson of the Emergency Situations Committee of the country Umeda Yusupova.

According to her, the heavy rains triggered the rise of water in the river and soil movement, which resulted in a fatal mudflow killing 2 people.

The incidence occurred on Friday night.

The rescuers are now there to eliminate the consequences of the natural disaster.

A total of 26 people in Tajikistan were killed in various natural disasters since the beginning of this year.

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