"Due to the icing processes in the section line of the hydrological post of Syrdarya-Zhosaly the water level is approaching the critical mark: the factual level made 670 cm as of 8.00 am. The dangerous mark is 680 cm. The critical mark is 720 cm," said the alert.
Meteorologists forewarned on January 9 that the water level in the Syrdarya river was approaching a dangerous mark near the town of Kazaly.
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