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At least 100,000 people were urgently evacuated to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan due to the collapse of the Sardoba dam in the Syrdarya region that caused the leakage of millions of liters of water. Sixty wounded, thousands of hectares have been submerged. The problem occurred on May 1 at 5.55 a.m. at the dam that opened exactly 3 years ago: on May 17, 2017, when Uzbek authorities spoke of the construction of the century.
Almost a billion cubic meters.
The reservoir created by the earth dam contains 922 million cubic meters for irrigation. Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited the affected areas on Sunday and telephoned his Kazakh colleague Kassim-Jomart Tokayev. An investigation for negligence and violation of building regulations has been opened. In the days before the disaster, the area had been hit by strong winds and torrential rain. Kazakhstan accuses the neighbor of providing late information and declaring that not even a drop of water would have reached them: 5,000 residents had to be evacuated to Kazakhstan as well,
May 3, 2020 (change May 3, 2020 | 18:27)
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