At the least 31 folks died in flash floods within the northern Afghan province of Parwan, state-run Bakhtar News Company reported on Monday.
Heavy rains hit the province north of Kabul on Sunday, inflicting the flash flooding, in keeping with the report.
Officers stated kids have been among the many lifeless and dozens of individuals have been nonetheless lacking, whereas hundreds of acres of land, livestock and roads have been affected.
Three districts in Parwan have been particularly hard-hit. Greater than 100 houses have been partially or fully destroyed, an official was quoted by the German dpa information company as saying.
Which different areas are affected by the flooding?
Different provinces, together with Kapisa, Panjshir and Nangarhar, have been additionally affected by the flooding.
“The situation is severe. We are demanding national and international agencies provide emergency aid to prevent another human catastrophe,” Karimullah Wasiq, Kapisa’s director for data and tradition instructed dpa.
Rapid monetary help and meals packages have been supplied for the victims’ households, in keeping with the Nationwide Catastrophe Administration Authority.
Extra rains anticipated
Native climate officers forecast extra rains within the coming days throughout Afghanistan’s 34 provinces.
Seasonal flooding damages houses, agricultural land and infrastructure yearly in Afghanistan.
The mountain-ringed northern provinces typically witness floods from heavy rains.
Flash floods killed 40 folks throughout Afghanistan final month.
The results of pure disasters in Afghanistan are exuberated by many years of battle and inadequate funding in catastrophe threat discount.
Mary Ellen McGroarty, head of the World Meals Programme’s efforts in Afghanistan, instructed DW there have been “unprecedented levels of food insecurity and malnutrition in the country.”
“The harvest this year was not as good as we hoped because you still have in some areas back to back drought. And the economic crisis continues and the situation continues to deteriorate,” she stated.