Some 33,388 people were evacuated from the villages in Batken region of Kyrgzystan, 19,142 children among them, Deputy Minister of Health and Social Development Aliza Soltonbekova told a briefing, APA reports citing AKİPress.
Residents of Ak-Sai, Ak-Tatyr, Kara-Bak, Samarkandek villages of Batken district and Jany-Jer, Beshkent, Kulundu villages of Leilek district were evacuated.