In the Ministry of Emergencies of Kazakhstan, they warned of avalanche danger in the country, and also recommended to refrain from going to the mountains.
“The beginning of the winter period of 2024-2025 was characterized by the extremely uneven distribution of snow cover. Currently, in most mountainous regions of the south and southeast of the republic, the height of snow is about and slightly higher than the average perennial values, the snow-off situation is stable, under the control of Kazceleshchite specialists “, -say in the message.
At the same time, the department noted that a complex snow-bonded situation is developing in the East Kazakhstan region.
“In terms of snow, to date, the norm exceeds by 25% of the norm. The maximum snow cover is 120 cm in places. Over the past few days, the largest daily snow growth has been 20 cm. It also has an increase in air temperature and significant on the snow -white environment. Metel transfer of snow, ”the message says.
The Ministry of Emergencies indicated that since the beginning of the winter period 2024-2025. 15 preventive skills of snow avalanches were made with a total volume of about 6665 m3.
“skiers, tourists, climbers are most exposed to risk. Therefore, in order to avoid death and not be under an avalanche, each person who is going to the mountains is obliged to learn the basic rules of behavior in the mountains and when the avalanche gathering,” the Kazakhstani department advised. < /p>
The Ministry of Emergencies, due to the unstable state of snow on the slopes of the mountains, recommended not to go to the snowy slopes of the mountains so as not to provoke the avalanche of avalanches, and to refrain from going to the mountains.