Landslide – is a downward drift of loose rock under the influence of gravity, especially when lose material is saturated with water. It is one of the forms of a disaster.
Emergence of landslides
Landslides are triggered on a section of a slope or incline due to the disruption of rocks...
An avalanche is a snow mass that has slipped from a mountain slope and is moving under the force of gravity. It drags along more and more masses of snow on its way.
During an avalanche-hazardous period, it is necessary to know the following:
- Before traveling, obtain information about the...
Fires are flames that have gone out of a human being’s control. Fire starts when the temperature of a material’s ignition turns out to be lower than the temperature of the heat source. Among the most common causes of fire, the following can be noted: carelessness of people, defects...
Rain storms are the cause of the most common disaster type – floods – and therefore incur the main economic damages.
Moreover, this is the reason for decreased crop yield on fields and a stimulatory factor of all slope processes (landslides, mudslides, landfalls, soil liquefaction). Rain storms have two regional...
High water is a significant flooding of an area as a result of an increase in the water level in a river, lake during the period of snow melting, rainstorms, wind seiches, in case of blockages, ice jams and so on.
Risk factors of floods and high waters: destruction of...
A mud stream (mudflow) is a rapid stream flow from a mixture of water and rock debris that appear suddenly in basins of small mountainous rivers. Translated from Arabic, the word ‘sel’ means ‘torrential flow’. Imagine a furiously churning wave the height of a five-story house that rushes along...
An earthquake is one of the scariest and devastating natural occurrences. They happen in the so-called seismoactive regions of the Earth. One of such regions is the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic.
The force (intensity) of earthquakes is measured in magnitude according to a 12 point magnitude scale. Depending on...
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Invitation for Bids Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Kyrgyz Republic
Invitation for Bids
Date: October 6,2021
Loan NoJ Grant No. and
Title: L3746 KGZ (COL) / G0632 KGZ (SF): Climate Change and Disaster-
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Invitation for Bids Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Kyrgyz Republic
Date:
May 6, 2020
Loan No. and Title:
3746 KGZ (COL): Climate Change and Disaster-Resilient Water Resources Sector Project
Grant No. and Title:
0632 KGZ (SF): Climate Change and...
The operational information on a situation in the republic for 8 a.m 31.05.2018
Operational information for a day as of 8 a.m 31.05.2018
Emergency services of the MES KR
According to the Fire Fighting Service of the MES KR...