2024-07-17 14:10:49
Kabul: At least 35 people have died in the storm and floods that hit Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan on Monday afternoon. More than 250 people have been injured in this disaster. According to Nangarhar’s provincial director of information and culture Qureshi Badlon, this natural disaster has badly affected the provincial capital Jalalabad Surkh Road district and its neighboring areas of the province bordering Pakistan. Local officials fear that the death toll may increase further due to the severity of the floods.
In Nangarhar’s neighboring Kunar province, the floods on Monday also claimed the lives of five people. Thus, 40 deaths have been confirmed in a single day on Monday due to floods. In Afghanistan, more than 400 people have died and thousands have become homeless due to heavy rains and floods since May till now, i.e. in about two and a half months. A large number of animals have also died in the floods. People’s property has also suffered a lot of damage during this period.
Thousands of houses were washed away in the flood
Flash floods have caused massive damage in the Surkh Rod district of Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has said that deadly floods in Afghanistan have created a situation of emergency as the country is already facing a serious humanitarian crisis. The organization has reported that large parts of Afghanistan, 25 out of 34 provinces, are affected. More than 200 deaths have occurred so far in the Baglan province alone. Thousands of displaced people have no place to live after their homes were washed away.
The IFRC, working closely with the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS), has mobilised additional relief supplies from the capital. The Afghan Red Crescent is scaling up its efforts to ensure cooked meals and temporary shelter, emergency health services and other forms of assistance for displaced people. The suffering of people in Afghanistan is beyond words, said the IFRC’s Nesephor Maghendi. The new disaster is adding further pressure to an already struggling country.