Avalanche descends on Osh - Irkeshtam highway. Road closed

09:41, 09 февраля 2019, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Anastasia MOKRENKO

An avalanche descended on Osh-Sarytash-Irkeshtam highway. The press service of the Ministry of Transport of the Kyrgyz Republic reported.

According to it, the volume of the snow avalanche, according to preliminary calculations, is 6,000 cubic meters (length — 200 meters, height — 2.5 meters, road width — 12 meters).

The road section is temporarily closed for traffic.