Avalanche descends, blocks road in E Kazakhstan

UST-KAMENOGORSK. March 6. KAZINFORM An avalanche came down this morning on Ust-Kamenogorsk-Gornaya Ulbinka-Severnoye motorway in eastern Kazakhstan.

The road was closed due to the complete overlap of the movement, the Ministry for Emergency Situations reported.

Ust-Kamenogorsk-Zyryanovsk and Ust-Kamenogorsk-Targyn-Samarskoye motorways were also closed on the interval from 17 to 64 kilometers tonight to prevent the incidents connected with the possibility of avalanches.