35 dead, 250 injured in Afghanistan flash floods
Updated: Jul 16th, 2024
Source: IANS |
At least 35 people were killed and 250 others were injured as rainstorms and flash floods swept through east Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, a local official said late on July 15 evening.
The disaster, according to Nangarhar’s provincial director for information and culture Qurishi Badlon, on July 15 affected the provincial capital of Jalalabad, Surkh Rod District and their neighbouring areas in the province bordering Pakistan in the afternoon, a news agency reported.
The casualties are expected to rise, the official added.
A similar natural disaster also claimed five lives in Nangarhar’s neighbouring Kunar province hours earlier on the morning of July 15.
Heavy rains and flooding have killed more than 400 and rendered thousands homeless since May in the war-torn country.
(This story was taken from a syndicated feed, and edited only for style by Gujarat Samachar Digital staff)
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