{"id":15911,"date":"2026-08-19T06:33:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T06:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glofca.org\/?post_type=news&p=15911"},"modified":"2026-08-20T06:46:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T06:46:05","slug":"unesco-and-kazselezashchita-officially-launch-early-warning-system-for-mudflow-hazard-in-the-talgar-river-basin","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/glofca.org\/en\/news\/unesco-and-kazselezashchita-officially-launch-early-warning-system-for-mudflow-hazard-in-the-talgar-river-basin\/","title":{"rendered":"UNESCO and Kazselezashchita Officially Launch Early Warning System for Mudflow Hazard in the Talgar River Basin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The official launch of the Early Warning System (EWS) for mudflow hazard in the Talgar River basin took place in Almaty on 18 August<\/strong> 2026. The system was developed and installed under the UNESCO\u2013Adaptation Fund regional project \u201cReducing Vulnerabilities of Populations in Central Asia Region from Glacier Lake Outburst Floods in a Changing Climate\u201d (GLOFCA) in cooperation with the State Institution \u201cKazselezashchita\u201d of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan. During the launch, the UNESCO Regional Office in Almaty formally handed over the installed system to Kazselezashchita.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs a UN agency with a mandate in the field of science, UNESCO places particular emphasis on strengthening disaster risk reduction measures and early warning systems \u2013 this is a central part of our work. That is why we are especially pleased to launch an early warning system here, in the Talgar River basin. For such a mudflow-prone area, the system means more time for people to reach safety, and more time for Kazselezashchita to respond quickly,\u201d said Amir Piric, Director of the UNESCO Regional Office in Almaty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Talgar River basin is one of the most mudflow-prone areas of the Almaty region and one of the pilot sites of the GLOFCA project. Its upper reaches contain 24 glacial lakes, three of which \u2013 Lake No. 8, Lake No. 10, and Lake No. 19 \u2013 are classified in the highest category of mudflow hazard. It is on these three lakes, as well as along the riverbed, that automated monitoring stations \u2013 the key components of the EWS \u2013 have been installed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In real time, sensors will monitor water levels and the condition of hazard-prone sections and transmit data to a control center set up at the Kazselezashchita building in Almaty. In the event of an outburst threat, the system will alert monitoring service specialists and activate warning sirens for residents living in the risk zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Accepting the equipment, Aslan Sabyrzhanuly, Director of the State Institution \u201cKazselezashchita\u201d of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan, noted:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe signing of the acceptance and handover act for the early warning system today is a clear example of how agreements translate into real results. I am confident that this experience will become another step toward building a more modern, reliable, and effective system for warning of natural emergencies in our country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The installed equipment is currently undergoing a period of testing and calibration. The system\u2019s full operational readiness will be confirmed in September \u2014 joint exercises involving local residents are scheduled in Talgar, during which the system\u2019s performance will be tested under real-world conditions. Similar exercises will be held in Esik \u2013 the second pilot site of the GLOFCA project, during which residents\u2019 actions in the event of a glacial lake outburst threat will be rehearsed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15913,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-category":[7],"class_list":["post-15911","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-category-early-warning"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glofca.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/15911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glofca.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glofca.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glofca.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glofca.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glofca.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-category?post=15911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}