Uzhydromet Issues Urgent Mudslide Warning for Nine Regions

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — The Center of Hydrometeorological Service of Uzbekistan (Uzhydromet) has issued an emergency warning regarding a high probability of mudslides and flash floods across the territory of the republic.

According to forecasters' projections, heavy rainfall is expected in a number of regions between 23 and 27 June 2026. This precipitation could trigger rainwater accumulation, local flooding of areas, and mudslides in mountainous and foothill terrain.

The natural hazard is projected to affect nine regions of the country simultaneously, putting dozens of districts at risk. In the Kashkadarya region, the threatened areas include Yakkabag, Dehkanabad, Chirakchi, Kitab, Shahrisabz, Kamashi, and Guzar districts. In the Surkhandarya region, the warning covers Sariasia, Uzun, Altinsay, Denau, Boysun, Sherabad, Shurchi, Kumkurgan, and Muzrabat districts.

In the Samarkand region, a mudslide threat has been declared in Urgut, Samarkand, Bulungur, Nurabad, Koshrabad, Kattakurgan, Payariq, Jomboy, and Ishtikhon districts. In the Navoiy region, the warning applies to Khatirchi, Navbakhor, Nurata, Kanimekh, and Karmana districts.

Similar warnings are in effect for the Jizzakh region (Zaamin, Bakhmal, Gallyaaral, Sharof Rashidov, Farish, and Yangiabad districts) and the Tashkent region, where flash floods are possible in Akhangaran, Bostanlyk, Parkent, Pskent, Urtachirchik, and Yukorichirchik districts, as well as in the cities of Angren and Almalyk.

In the Ferghana Valley, the natural disaster could strike the Pap, Kasansay, Chartak, Chust, Namangan, and Yangikurgan districts of the Namangan region; the Sokh, Shahimardan, Ferghana, and Beshariq districts of the Ferghana region; and the Andijan, Asaka, Jalakuduk, Kurgantepe, Pakhtaabad, Izboskan, Khojaabad, and Marhamat districts, along with the city of Khanabad, in the Andijan region.

In connection with the high level of threat, emergency services strongly urge residents of foothill and mountainous settlements, tourists staying at recreation centers, and drivers planning trips along mountain roads to observe maximum precautionary measures and carefully monitor official information reports.