
May 15 , 2022 at 12.10 pm inA mudslide occurred in the Almaty region (mud mass, previously 50 meters long, 25 meters wide, 3.5 meters high, with a volume of 4375 cubic meters).
As a result, one private residential building was destroyed, one house was flooded with mud mass, four more yard territories of residential buildings were partially flooded with mud mass and blocked the street.Konaeva. A service dog of the Emergency Department of the Almaty region, nicknamed "Bagheera", found the body of a girl born in 2016 under the rubble of the house.
An emergency response headquarters was organized at the scene, headed by the head of the Emergency Department of the Almaty region.
In search and rescue operations and liquidation of the consequences of emergencies were involved: Emergency situations (81 employees and 16 units of equipment, 1 cynological calculation), MIO (30 employees and 6 units of equipment, including 2 loaders, 4 KAMAZ trucks, 1 Crane), Kazselezashchita of the Ministry of Emergency Situations (9 employees, 4 units of equipment). GOP (40 employees, 7 units of equipment), BSMP (three ambulances).
With the help of an unmanned aerial vehicle of the emergency department with an installed thermal imager
, an aerial visual flyby of the emergency site was carried out.
A hotline has been launched in the emergency department of Almaty region (tel. 8 (7282)220218, 220213), the work of a psychological service has been organized on the spot.
Preliminary reasons:
- past precipitation in the form of rain in the period from 01.30 to 13.00 on May 15;
- possible waterlogging of the soil as a result of a damaged
water pipe.
As of May 16, Kunaev Street has been cleared of mud, 750 cubic meters of mud deposits have been removed (68 flights). At this time, emergency rescue and emergency work involves emergency personnel (8 employees and 3 units of equipment), GOP (6 employees and 2 units of equipment), MIO (20 employees and 10 units of equipment), Kazselezashchita (16 employees and 8 units of equipment, including 3 dump trucks), in/h 28237 of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan (100 people and 7 units of equipment).
Press service of the Emergency Department of Almaty region