Floods kill four in Kyrgyzstan, inundate houses in city of Osh

Woman and her three children have been found dead, swept away by Ak-Buura river which burst due to heavy rains

By Reuters
July 16, 2024
A view of a flood in Chippis, Switzerland on June 21, 2024. — Reuters
A view of a flood in Chippis, Switzerland on June 21, 2024. — Reuters

BISHKEK: Floods in southern Kyrgyzstan have killed four people and flooded hundreds of houses in Osh, the central Asian nation’s second-biggest city, the emergencies ministry said on Monday.

A woman and her three children have been found dead, swept away by the Ak-Buura river which burst due to heavy rains, the ministry said in a statement, and hundreds of people have been evacuated.