Tajik Avalanche Death Toll Rises to 20

Tajik Avalanche Death Toll Rises to 20
A view shows the area affected by an avalanche in Gorno-Badakhshan region, Tajikistan, on Feb. 15, 2023. Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense of Tajikistan/Handout via Reuters
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DUSHANBE—A series of avalanches has killed 10 more people in eastern Tajikistan, the Central Asian nation’s government said on Thursday, bringing the death toll over the past two days to 20 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.