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Emergencies killed 1,764 people in Kyrgyzstan over five years

From 24.kg · () Russian

Translated from Russian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Kyrgyzstan recorded 283 emergencies between 2021 and 2025, with 1,764 deaths and material damage totaling 8.234 billion soms.
  • Floods, avalanches and drownings accounted for numerous deaths, including 103 drownings in 2023, 86 in 2024 and 81 in 2025.
  • The government submitted draft presidential rules on emergency recovery and rescue operations for public discussion.

Kyrgyzstan recorded 283 emergencies between 2021 and 2025, resulting in 1,764 deaths, according to a justification document for a draft presidential decree on new emergency-response rules.

The document put total material damage at 8,234,709,400 soms. It also detailed deaths from several types of natural and other emergencies.

Mudflows killed 22 people in 2024 and another eight from the beginning of 2026. Avalanches killed 16 people in 2023 and 2024 combined. Drownings remained another major source of fatalities, with 103 deaths in 2023, 86 in 2024 and 81 in 2025. A further 48 people died by drowning in the first six months of 2026.

The proposed presidential decree, now open for public discussion, would establish new rules for dealing with the aftermath of emergencies and conducting rescue operations.

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Originally published by 24.kg in Russian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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