Flooding has hit the village of Khostav in the Darvoz district, Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO).
Gulsha Nasillobekov, an official with the GBAO emergency management agency, says the disaster occurred Saturday (July 8) afternoon.
According to him, a mudflow that occurred on the Afghan bank of the Panj River led to increase in the water level in the river and flooding hit the village of on the Tajik bank of the Panj River.
“Twenty-two houses have been damaged by the flooding. No injured was reported. The flooding victims were temporarily housed in tents,” Nasillobekov said, noting that FOCUS International has provided tents and necessitates.
More than 800 meters of the Dushanbe-Khorog highway have got under water, the GBAO emergencies official added.
Niloufar Aslamshoyeva, a spokeswoman for the GBAO regional administration, says the regional administration has sent food products to the flooding victims.
The work on restoration of traffic along the Dushanbe-Khorog highway is under way.
