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A dam burst in eastern Uzbekistan, leading to massive flooding, large-scale evacuations, and devastated farmland, both in the area and across the border in Kazakhstan. The Sardoba Reservoir dam was finished in 2017. A criminal probe has been launched into possible “official negligence.”
Originally published at – https://www.rferl.org/a/uzbek-dam-catastrophe-under-investigation-kazakhstan-also-hit-by-flooding/30592207.html