This twin-track strategy will ensure better linkages between the Regional Flood Information System and its operational applications so as efficiently support flood forecasting and early warning down the line. In 2014, for example, heavy precipitation in Tajikistan triggered a landslide that killed 431 people in the neighbouring region of Badakhshan in Afghanistan.31 Due to the absence of a transboundary information sharing mechanism, it was not possible to issue an early warning. This should be complemented with a transboundary information management system to deliver data to government agencies.