Extreme weather conditions
Like so many parts of Eastern Europe, Central Asia is suffering from severe winter weather conditions:
This week in Central Asia, unusually cold weather and heavy snow impacted on life in Kazakhstan, with temperatures on Wednesday night dropping to -35 degrees Celsius in the southern Almaty region, while in East Kazakhstan region the thermometer was between -37 and -42 degrees Celsius…
Betsy, a PCV based in Uralsk, has her impressions of what it means to live there now:
Your eyes tear up because of the wind and cold air, and then immediately start to freeze up, so you have to blink rapidly to stop your eyes from freezing shut.
In Kyrygzstan, the Bishkek-Osh highway is effectively shut down. There is an actute danger of avalanches, reports Akipress (subscription required). Bishkek’s firefighters cannot cope with the freezing temperatures, says RFE/RL. Also, avalanches become a deadly threat after heavy snowfalls.
Tajikistan’s Badakhshan area is worst hit by the extreme winter weather:
In Tajikistan, more than 100 avalanches hit the Pamir Mountains area in the last 24 hours, leaving at least one person dead, and blocking all roads leading to the southeastern Khorog region.
Uzbekistan is also seeing the heavy snowfalls, and Seidenstraße has some pictures of the scenery in Nukus/Karakalpakstan.

























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