People evacuated by helicopter from rooftops during flooding in Uzbekistan

AKIPRESS.COM - Uzbekistan's Air Forces of the Defense Ministry evacuated citizens by helicopter from rooftops during a flood caused by the Sardoba Reservoir collapse in Sirdaryo region on May 1, the Uzbek media report. Rescuers by helicopters H215M Super Puma and H125M Fennec evacuated more than 300 people from the rooftops of houses and hard-to-reach places.
A busted reservoir dam flooded parts of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, forcing tens of thousands from both countries to evacuate on Saturday.
The Syr Darya river, which runs near the border between the two countries, overflowed after the dam broke Friday, the Uzbek and Kazakh governments said.
About 70,000 people from 22 villages in Uzbekistan and 5,400 people from four Kazakhstan villages were moved out. 56 people were hospitalized.