TASHKENT, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Four people have been killed in floods after heavy rain fell in the central Jizzakh region of Uzbekistan, the country's Emergency Situations Ministry said Wednesday.
Floods and mudflows passed through the neighborhoods of Bakhmal, Farish, Gallya-aral and Sharaf-Rashidov districts of the region, killing three women and a man, also damaging houses, social facilities and crops, it said.
Citing weather specialists, local media reported that 10 percent of the annual precipitation was recorded within two hours in the region. ■