在塔吉克的東南方，有一座天然的水壩支撐著薩雷茲(Sarez)湖，然而這座水壩卻可能因大規模的山崩而崩壞，使得此區上千個住戶面臨災難危機。專家表示，除了提出一個早期警報系統，以及使當地居民意識到此問題的嚴重性，為了找出一個長期的解決方法，還必須進行審慎的研究。而這項研究關係到4個將因水壩斷裂而受到影響的國家。
阿茲葉新聞通訊社(Aziya Plus news agency)在報導中指出，巴唐(Bartang)村位於巴達赫尚(Badakhshan)的東南方，巴唐村的居民已在上週接受水壩破堤緊急應變程序的訓練。這項訓練計劃是世界銀行為了降低湖泊所造成的風險，而進行資助的一部份。
薩雷茲湖所在位置超過海拔3000公尺，在1911年一場地震造成了大規模的山崩，同時並阻斷了木爾噶布(Murghab)河，薩雷茲湖因而形成。若發生另一個強烈地震，這個天然水壩可能將遭破壞，並引發大水淹沒塔吉克、阿富汗、烏茲別克與土庫曼4國的城鎮及村落，影響到此區約600萬人民的生活。
The natural dam holding Lake Sarez in southeastern Tajikistan could break in the event of a major landslide, putting thousands of homes in the region at risk of devastation.
Experts say that in addition to introducing an early warning system and making local residents aware of the problem, serious research should be done to find a long-term solution to the problem. This should involve all four of the countries that would be affected if the lake broke its banks.
Last week, people living in the Bartang valley of the southeastern Badakhshan region received training in emergency procedures for the eventuality that the dam ruptures, the Aziya Plus news agency reported. The training was part of a World Bank funded project aimed at reducing the risk posed by the lake.
Lake Sarez lake, lying at an altitude of over 3,000 meters (9,842 feet), was formed in 1911 when an earthquake caused a huge landslide which blocked the River Murghab.
It is thought that another strong earthquake could break this natural dam and set off a huge wave of water that would swamp towns and villages in Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, affecting an area where around six million people live.
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