Lost their lives in all of this fury. At least four people confirmed dead. That number could rise as authorities are looking for people who are unaccounted for, and missing at this hour. Were assuming that there may be further loss of life, or injuries. We have to assume that. I hope and pray thats not the case, but given the devastation of some of those closed canyons, its certainly a high probability. And live with the news in boulder, dominick, the sheriffs department, we saw them releasing a high number. As many as 172 people unaccounted for. Thats right. In fact that number could be as high as 218. The Emergency Association was saying that is the latest figure. Starting to discover how widespread these people are in terms of their isolation and how much theyve been cut off. Its very difficult. Extremely difficult to reach the re cues areas. Earlier the phones cut off, and the roads cut off. A lot of the terrain is completely impassable due to the floodwater and risk of mudslides.
A coal mine owned by the multinational company experienced a methane blast that killed 46 miners on October 28, leading Kazakh President Tokayev to call for the company s departure.