In Tajikistan, climate migrants flee threat of fatal landslides

Khuroson, Tajikistan (AFP) April 17, 2024

Peeling onions in her new home, Yodgoroy Makhmaliyeva recalled the terrifying moment four years ago when a landslide buried her family home in mountainous Tajikistan. Heavy snow and rain, she said, sent a deluge of rocks, water and mud crashing into the house in the Central Asian country estimated to be among the most vulnerable to effects of climate change. "We had lived in fear until t