Sentinel Asia in CA:
Lessons learned of 2020-2023
and Search Potential Solutions
Mr. Ulan ABDYBACHAEV
Central-Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences (CAIAG),
Kyrgyz Republic

POPULATION on 2021 in million:
Afghanistan: - 40,1
Kazakhstan: - 19,0
Kyrgyzstan: - 6,692
Uzbekistan: - 34,92
Tajikistan: 9,75
Turkmenistan: - 6,342
TOTAL: 116,804
Afghanistan

https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Central_Asia#/media/File:Map_of_Central_Asia.png

Kazakhstan
Turkmenistan

Tajikistan

https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/country/.../climate-data-historicalUzbekistan

Kyrgyz Republic

Why was 2020 -2023 chosen?
The goal is to identify the weaknesses and strengths of awareness, in the context ofthe events that have emerged in the Central Asian region during and after thepandemic COVID-19.
How many EORs in CA were declared in 2020 -2023 via OPTEMIS Sentinel Asia ?

Country

Total
Victims

Phenomena

Afghanistan

EQ

1163

Kazakhstan

Forest Fire

14

Kyrgyzstan

Flashflood

9

Tajikistan

MF,LS and EQ

31

Uzbekistan

Flashflood

8

Turkmenistan

No Data

No Data

GOOD PRACTICE IN 2021,
Kyrgyzstan
Card of event
Date Event
Time Event
Cause
Phenomena
Place
Victims
Other damage
Attracted potential

20 July 2021
17:00
Strong Rain
Mudflow
Dostuk and Changyr-Tash villages
1 girlie
flooded residential yards
50 rescuers, 59 police officers and300 local residents.

Washout of mudflow storage. Drone image, MES, T.K.Izabekov
Flooded site. Drone image, MES, T.K.Izabekov

Mudflow on road. InternetGOOD PRACTICE IN 2023, Kazakhstan
Card of event
Date Event
Time Event
Cause
Phenomena
Place
Victims
Other damage
Attracted potential

8 June 2023
12:00
lightning discharge /lightning
Forest fire
Semei-Ormany, Abai region
14 people
burned more then 60 000 Ha offorest
1 500 rescuers, 300 vehicles and
14 helicopters local residents.

Kazakhstan - Forest fires ( JRC-GWIS, media , media ) (ECHO Daily
Flash of 13 June 2023)

Forest fire in Semei Ormany, Kazakhstan.
Photo by: Aibol Kalybaev, Internet

http://cawater-info.net/bk/dam-safety/sardoba.htm

Missed opportunity in 2020
(transboundary event)

Water reservoir "Sardoba" with an approximate volume of water 922 million³
Card of event
Date Event
Time EventCause
Phenomena
PlaceVictimsOther damage
Flooded area
Attracted potential

1 May 2020
early morning
Strong Rain and broke through the dam
FloodSardoba, Uzbekistan and Turkestan regionof Kazakhstan
6 peopleflooded >1000 buildings, 3 schools, 5kindergarten and other. Was evacuated>100 000 (in Uzbekistan+Kazakhstan)
175,3 km²???

Spilled water only in Kazakhstan caused flooding in an area of 175.29 km2,almost 3 times the area of the reservoir itself - 67.4 km2.
https://kun.uz/ru/news/2020/05/07/tragediya-v-sardobe-vinovnyye-v-proryve-veka-ne-doljny-vyytisuximi-iz-vody

Missed opportunity in 2021-2022, Kazakhstan
Card of event
Date Event
Time Event
Cause
Phenomena
Place
Victims
Other damage
Attracted potential

10 May 2021
unknown???
Forest fire
Ridder, East region of KZ
1 famaleburned more then 300 Ha offorest, 31 buildings, 6 vechiles
and other
500 rescuers, 86 vehicles and 2
helicopters local residents.

Card of event
Date Event
Time Event
Cause
Phenomena
Place
Victims
Other damage
Attracted potential

7 September 2022
unknown???
Forest fire
Amankaragai forest, Kostanai
region of KZ
noburned more then 43 000 Ha offorest, 108 buildings and other.
Was evacuated 1 841 people
unknown

Card of event
Date Event
Time Event
Cause
Phenomena
PlaceVictims
Other damage
Attracted potential

26 August 2021
19:00
fire near one of the warehousesin the military unit
Fire and Explosions
Bayzak raion, Jambyl oblast ofKZ
17 people+1 Lost???
???

Photo: Orda.kz

Missed opportunity in 2022, Uzbekistan and in February 2023 in Turkmenistan
Card of event

Date Event
Time Event
Cause
Phenomena

Flooding kills four people in Jizzakh
region of Uzbekistan

The main damage is

17-20 January 2023 the huge loss of water
unknown that has gone into theIce Jams
sands. Most of theFloodrunoff went into thesands for almost 20no days. Possible volume- 100 million m3.

Place

site of Kairakum chanel,Turkmenistan

Victims
Other damage

Lost 1 bulldozer

Attracted potential???

Card of event
Date Event
Time Event
Cause

20 April 2022
unknown
Strong Rain

Phenomena

Flood
Forish raion, Djizak oblast,PlaceUzbekistan
Victims
4
flooded >260 buildings inEgizbulak village. Of them
Other damage
were destroyed - 53, and 44
was damaged.
Was evacuated 100 people.
Attracted potential ???

The largest breakthrough of the Karakum Channel TurkmenistanWe see:

The best practice we have seen is the interaction and solidarity within the Sentinel Asia
community, which is truly a key element in achieving sustainability and effectiveness in
responding to catastrophic events.
andThe omission we observed is related not only to the limited availability of news information in othercountries but also to restrictions in accessing diverse sources of information, which collectively limit
awareness of these events.

To address this task, we suggest involving experts/volunteers who could tohelp create a website aggregator oriented towards the Central Asian region.

THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION!