2024-04-18 09:06:39
(24 News) At least 33 people died and 27 were injured due to heavy rains and floods in Afghanistan for 3 days.
According to a foreign news agency, the Disaster Management Department of the Afghan government confirmed the deaths, the spokesman of the Disaster Management Department, Janan Sayeeq, said that the floods caused by the rains that started on Friday caused a lot of human and financial loss. , preliminary information reveals that unfortunately 33 people were martyred and 27 injured in the flood.
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Janan Sayeeq added that most of the casualties were caused by roof collapses while nearly 600 houses were damaged or destroyed, nearly 600 kilometers of roads were damaged and nearly 2,000 acres of agricultural land was washed away by floods. 20 out of 34 provinces experienced heavy rains as land was barren after an unusually dry winter and farmers were forced to delay cultivation.
Foreign aid to the impoverished country has fallen sharply since the Taliban regained power in 2021, while natural disaster relief efforts have been hampered by landslides in eastern Afghanistan following heavy snowfall in February. Fewer than 25 people were killed, compared to about 60 people killed in the three weeks of rain that ended in March.
Last year, the United Nations warned that Afghanistan is experiencing major changes in extreme weather conditions. War-torn Afghanistan is among the countries most affected by climate change
2024-04-18 09:06:39