Greater than 300 folks reportedly died on Saturday resulting from flash floods in Afghanistan that destroyed over 1000 homes, in line with AP, citing the U.N. Meals Company. The floods primarily struck the northern province of Baghlan; the area has suffered probably the most harm.
The World Meals Programme introduced that it’s distributing fortified biscuits to people affected by latest floods in Afghanistan. A state-owned media outlet in neighbouring Takhar province reported that the floods killed at the very least 20 folks.
The chief spokesman for the Taliban authorities, Zabihullah Mujahid, posted on the social media platform ‘X’ that “tons of… have succumbed to those calamitous floods, whereas a considerable quantity have sustained accidents.”
Mujahid mentioned that the intensive devastation has led to vital monetary losses. He added that the worst-hit provinces have been Badakhshan, Baghlan, Ghor, and Herat.
He mentioned that the administration has been ordered to mobilise all out there assets to rescue folks, transport the injured, and recuperate the useless.
As per the Related Press, the Taliban Defence Ministry mentioned in an announcement Saturday that the nation’s air power has already begun evacuating folks in Baghlan and has rescued a lot of folks caught in flooded areas and transported 100 injured folks to army hospitals within the area.
In April, at the very least 70 folks died from heavy rains and flash flooding within the nation. Round 2,000 properties have been additionally broken.
