A girl who disappeared in the Charyn Canyon has been rescued

On May 30, 2021, at 09.34 hours, during search and rescue operations along the Charyn River, a girl born in 2010 was found. Recall that on May 29, at 13.35 hours, in the Uyghur district of Almaty region, she was carried away by a mudslide discharge into the Charyn River from the lower part of the Charyn Canyon.
A strong current carried the girl down the river for 3-4 km. After a while, she managed to cling to a rock and get to the shore, where she waited for help.

The height of the canyon is from 800 m to 1500 m. The coastline on this section along the river consists of rocks and impassable places.

Rescuers of the Republican operational-rescue squad and the Operational-rescue squad of the Emergency Situations Department of the Almaty region provided the first pre-hospital medical care. The girl received bruises and abrasions, her condition is stable.
At 11.25 o'clock, the victim was transported to Almaty by a helicopter of JSC "Kazaviaspas".

The search and rescue operations involved employees of the Emergency Department of the Almaty region (60 employees, 1 watercraft, 1 canine crew and 10 units of equipment), the ROP (15 employees and 3 units of equipment), the ROS of Almaty (11 rescuers, 2 canine crews and 1 unit of equipment), the MIO (20 employees and 5 units of equipment), the Charyn Canyon State Unitary Enterprise (20 employees and 3 units of equipment), Kazaviaspas JSC of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan (1 helicopter, 2 crew members), the CMC Almaty (4 employees and 1 unit of equipment), as well as 4 ambulances worked on the site.

Since May 29, an operational headquarters has been working in the Emergency Situations Department of the Almaty region, and a psychological support hotline has been organized. A total of 46 calls were received to the hotline of the Emergency Situations Service of the Almaty region (the main questions were the clarification of data by relatives of the victims and the dead).

Press Service of the Emergency Department of the Almaty region