Avalanching at Anzob pass, which is at north-west of Tajikistan, paralyzed movement on highway Dushanbe-Hudgand.
More than 650 automobiles stand on a highway for 2 days because they can not move further. Rescuers and road-constructors work in disaster area 24-hours per day, drivers and passengers of stuck automobiles are supplied with hot tea and products of first necessity.
Information about 2 victims of snowfall was not confirmed - driver and passenger of a track taken by avalanche are alive. Tajik meteorologists warned about danger of new snow avalanching at Varzobsk canyon near Dushanbe.
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