Expanding anticipatory action to new hazards: mudflows in Central Asia

Currently, most anticipatory action plans address hydrometeorological hazards for which forecasting methodologies are well established. There are, however, efforts under way to implement anticipatory action ahead of other types of hazard. In 2022, the Red Crescent Societies of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan began exploring how anticipatory action could mitigate the impacts of mudflows. Drawing on interviews with 15 stakeholders from the two National Societies, national hydrometeorological services and other international organizations, this briefing outlines how they laid the groundwork for anticipating mudflows, and describes some of the early challenges identified.