Khorog. IAA "VARORUD". Iftikhor Mirshakar. Over 20 houses were ruined in Badakhshan as a result of the abundant snowfall and avalanching. All the highways connecting the region with the outside world were closed.

As the on-duty of the headquarter on Emergency cases and Civil Defense of the region has reported VARORUD, the highways Kghorog-Dushanbe, Khorog-Osh and the roads of the districts of Gorny Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast were closed owing to numerous avalanching.

According to source, over 80 avalanching were fixed on Khorog-Dushanbe highway. 21 houses were ruined, 13 of which utterly and 8 partly. One man died and others were rescued out of 9 people during avalanching. As it was reported at the industrial association "Pomirnakliyot", at the moment, 44 bulldozers, 13 motor-driven graders and other technical means are used for roads cleaning from avalanching and snow. The average height of the snow cover makes up 1 meter 20 centimeters in oblast.