24 Killed as Mudslide Causes Dam to Break
From Times Wire Reports
TAJIKISTAN
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A dam holding water in a lake in the Pamir Mountains of eastern Tajikistan broke, flooding a village and killing at least 24 people, emergency officials said.
The dam collapsed as a result of a mudslide near the village of Dasht in the remote Gorno- Badakhshan region, about 185 miles east of the capital, Dushanbe, the government said.
Water and mud engulfed the village after the dam broke, carrying away houses and their inhabitants and leaving about 550 people homeless.
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