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Record mudflow and flood season in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

Heavy rainfall, earlier snow and glacier melt and settlement in hazardous valleys meant that Kyrgyzstan recorded 348 mudflows in the first half of 2026, the highest number in 30-40 years.

According to Kyrgyzstan's Emergencies Ministry, 8 people died in the first half of 2026 and losses were estimated at 399 million som; Batken, Jalal-Abad, Osh and Talas regions were worst hit. In late May floods and mudflows damaged more than 400 homes in Osh, Kara-Suu and Manas, and in July a mudflow in Nooken district flooded 466 houses. In Tajikistan a flood in Kulob in early May killed 3 people and affected about 850 homes, and a July mudflow in Ayni district damaged 66 houses in the villages of Darg and Kazdon. The IFRC released two DREF allocations for the Red Crescent Societies of both countries.

Numbers with sources

Needs

• shelter
• food
• water and sanitation
• health

Who is helping

Organisations that, according to their own publications, work on this event (3). Donations go directly to each organisation's own website - GLOBURNS does not handle payments.

• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
  The IFRC brings together National Societies and launches emergency appeals for disasters and crises. In Sudan its MDRSD033 appeal (CHF 80 million) supports the Sudanese…
  Donate on the organisation's website (ifrc.org)
• Red Crescent Society of Kyrgyzstan
  The national Red Crescent Society of Kyrgyzstan, with branches in Bishkek, Jalal-Abad, Osh, Issyk-Kul, Batken and Talas among others. In 2025 it assisted 122,766 people…
  Donate on the organisation's website (redcrescent.kg)
• Red Crescent Society of Tajikistan (RCST)
  The national Red Crescent Society of Tajikistan and the ICRC's main partner in the country (first aid, restoring family links). In 2026 it responded to floods and…

Sources

• timesca.com timesca.com/kyrgyzstan-records-348-mudflows-in-six-months/
• disasterscharter.org disasterscharter.org/activations/flood-in-kyrgyzstan-activation-1031-
• goadmin.ifrc.org goadmin.ifrc.org/api/v2/event/8014/
• goadmin.ifrc.org goadmin.ifrc.org/api/v2/event/8011/
• reliefweb.int reliefweb.int/report/tajikistan/tjk-flood-05-2026-flooding-and-mudflows-kulob-city-2026-0…
• goadmin.ifrc.org goadmin.ifrc.org/api/v2/appeal/?code=MDRTJ038

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