Tajikistan: Flash Floods - May 2005

Torrential rains from 10 to 12 May caused flash floods in Rudaky (RRS), Murgab (GBAO), Ganchy, Istaravshan and Bobojon Gafurov (Sughd Oblast) districts. According to the Ministry of Emergencies, more than 660 houses and 12km of the roads, 200 hectares of cotton fields and other crops and bridges were washed away along with electricity pylons and telegraph poles. (IFRC, 18 May 2005)