Emergency, risks, disaster risk reduction

AI developed in Tajikistan to monitor Pamirs from orbit

ehnlab.ai launches AI analytics for monitoring Lake Sarez An artificial intelligence system developed in Tajikistan will analyze satellite imagery in orbit to detect early signs of floods, glacial lake outbursts, landslides and avalanches in the Pamir Mountains. The system, called ARGUS, is being developed by zehnlab.ai in partnership with Tajikistan’s

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Kyrgyzstan

KG RESILAND: Key Stakeholders Identified for the Implementation of the Regional Roadmap on Mudflows and Floods

As part of the Kyrgyz Republic Resilient Landscape Restoration Project (KG RESILAND), the “Report on Stakeholder Mapping and Engagement in the Use of the Regional Roadmap for Mitigating the Impacts of Transboundary Mudflows and Floods” has been prepared. The document covers the Central Asian region and identifies key government institutions

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Kazakhstan will build 42 reservoirs and upgrade 14,500 km of canals.

Photo: UKIMET Kazakhstan is rebuilding its water infrastructure. By 2030, the country plans to build 42 new reservoirs, reconstruct 37 more, and modernize 14,500 kilometers of irrigation canals—all while digitizing water management, reports  DKNews.kz .   The large-scale restructuring of the industry is taking place within the framework of the

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Disaster in Nepal: What Lessons Tajikistan Must Learn

A recent disaster in Nepal has become a serious warning for Tajikistan. Роза Шапошник, asia+ The catastrophe in Nepal demonstrated how rapidly a glacier collapse can turn into a deadly flow. For mountainous Tajikistan, this is not a distant scenario, but a real risk that requires preparedness today. A massive

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Devastating floods in Nepal: hundreds dead, thousands missing, widespread destruction

https://cdn.orient.tm/storage/app/media/china/awgust%202026/31.08.2026/4–%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%8F%20%20%20en%20%20%20%20.mp4 Devastating flash floods that struck Nepal’s border region on Wednesday have left buildings in ruins, roads destroyed and the Trishuli River bursting its banks in the worst affected Rasuwa district. About 50 kilometres from the China Nepal border crossing, a small town in Rasuwa suffered severe building damage, including

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Drought exposes fossils and wartime shipwrecks along Danube River

Copyright AP Photo/ Vadim Ghirda. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved By Harry Bligh with AFP Published on 26/08/2026 – 15:17 GMT+2 ShareCommentsAdd Euronews on Google On a stretch of the river in Bulgaria, archaeologists have been able to study the foundations of a bridge, thought to have been built in the

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