2014 Badakhshan mudslides
A mudslide on 2 May 2014 overwhelmed and covered much of a village in the Argo District of Badakhshan Province in northeastern Afghanistan, near the border with Tajikistan. The village was variously reported as Aab Barik or Hargu. United Nations officials put the toll at more than 350, with thousands more still missing and buried.
- Date
- 2014-05-02
- Deaths (Wikipedia list, low end where it gives a range)
- 350
- What the pin marks
- The landslide, as the cited page positions it.
- Where the position is published
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Badakhshan_mudslides
Category: Disasters & Incidents
Tags: mudslide, afghanistan, badakhshan, argo district
Coordinates: 37.01583, 70.36389
Part of Landslides and mudflows that killed 200 or more people since 1950
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