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Uzbekistan's Heatwave Pushed Rails Past 55°C, and the Country's Emergency Playbook Began in Real Time
Tashkent's metro slowed, kindergartens shut across multiple regions, and fire crews stood round-the-clock at markets — a mid-July heatwave that broke records forced the country to improvise.
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- Elevated metro rail temperatures exceeded 55°C on 14 July; speed restriction effective 15 July.
- Southern and desert regions hit 46–49°C on 18–19 July, breaking multiple all-time records.
- State kindergartens suspended in Khorezm, parts of Karakalpakstan, and at least three further regions including Jizzakh.
- Heavy-vehicle traffic restricted during hottest hours; fire and rescue teams deployed round-the-clock near markets.
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- The exact metro speed figures the system was operating under during the restriction.
- Whether the restrictions have been lifted, and on what date the rail surface dropped back below 55°C.
- Any casualty or morbidity data associated with the heatwave.
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- Whether the operator's 55°C threshold holds as a recurring benchmark, or whether the regulations are revised upward as baseline temperatures shift.
- Whether the regional, department-by-department response gives way to a national heat-emergency framework.