World Food Programme states more than 300 individuals have actually passed away in the worst-hit northern province of Baghlan.
A minimum of 153 individuals have actually been eliminated in flash floods in northern Afghanistan set off by downpours, the Taliban’s Ministry of Interior Affairs has actually stated.
On Saturday, ministry spokesperson Abdul Mateen Qani put the variety of hurt at 138 individuals in 3 provinces, the Reuters news company reported.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) stated the floods have actually eliminated more than 300 individuals in the worst-hit province of Baghlan, where more than 1,000 homes have actually been damaged.
Breaking: Flash floods damage #Afghanistan, eliminating more than 300 individuals in Baghlan and damaging more than 1000 homes.
This has actually been among lots of floods over the last couple of weeks, due to uncommonly heavy rains. WFP is now dispersing prepared biscuits to the survivors. pic.twitter.com/X4AaBW5TIC
— WFP in Afghanistan (@WFP_Afghanistan) May 11, 2024
WFP stated it was dispersing prepared biscuits to the survivors of among the numerous floods that struck the nation over the previous couple of weeks.
Heavy rains on Friday resulted in flooding in a number of locations of the nation, with worries of the death toll increasing.
Zabihullah Mujahid, the primary spokesperson for the Taliban federal government, stated in a social networks post on Saturday that “hundreds … have actually caught these disastrous floods, while a significant number have actually sustained injuries”.
Apart from Baghlan, the provinces of Badakhshan in the northeast, main Ghor and western Herat were likewise greatly impacted, he composed on X, including that “the substantial destruction” had actually led to “considerable monetary losses”.
The UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) informed the AFP news company on Saturday that more than 200 individuals were eliminated and countless homes were damaged or harmed in Baghlan alone.
The flying force had actually begun leaving individuals and moved more than 100 hurt individuals to military healthcare facilities, the Taliban Ministry of Defense stated on Saturday, without pointing out from which provinces.
“By revealing the state of emergency situation in [affected] locations, the Ministry of National Defense has actually begun dispersing food, medication and emergency treatment to the affected individuals,” it stated in a declaration.
Hedayatullah Hamdard, the head of Baghlan’s natural catastrophe management department, earlier informed AFP that the toll “will most likely increase”, including that light rain had actually continued into the night in numerous districts of the province.
Citizens were unprepared for the abrupt rush of water triggered by the heavy rainstorm in current days, he included.
Emergency situation workers were “looking for any possible victims under the mud and debris, with the assistance of security forces from the nationwide army and authorities”, Hamdard stated.
Because mid-April, floods have actually eliminated about 100 individuals in 10 of Afghanistan’s provinces, without any area totally spared, according to the authorities.
Farmlands have actually been immersed in a nation where 80 percent of the more than 40 million individuals depend upon farming to endure.
Mohammad Akram Akbari, the provincial director of natural catastrophe management in Badakhshan, stated the mountainous province had actually seen “heavy monetary losses in numerous locations … due to floods”.
He stated casualties were feared in Tishkan district, where floodwaters had actually obstructed a roadway and cut off access to a location where about 20,000 individuals lived.