NEW DELHI: Flash floods in northern Afghanistan killed at least 200 folks, according to the United Nations speech on Saturday.
Over 200 people died and thousands of homes were damaged as a result of the heavy rains that came on Friday, according to the International Organization for Migration ( IOM).
An IOM disaster response result in the Baghlani Jadid city cited data from the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority, which claimed 1,500 properties were impacted and “more than 100 people died” As of Friday evening, 62 people had reported casualties to the Taliban authorities. Despite telling AFP that dozens of people had lost their lives, Zabhullah Mujahid, a spokesman, stated on X ( formerly Twitter ) on Saturday that “hundreds of our fellow citizens have succumbed to these catastrophic floods.”
Several provinces in Afghanistan were affected by flash flooding, with 20 deaths reported on Saturday in northeastern Takhar province. According to authorities, the heavy floods on Friday likewise caused significant damage in the province of Badakhshan in the northeast, Ghor in the northern state, and Herat in the northern territory.
The defense ministry reported that emergency employees are working to save stray and hurt people in the affected areas.
One of the poorest nations in the world and one of the most devastated by four decades of war is Afghanistan, according to scientists as one of the least prepared nations to deal with the effects of global warming, made worse by a somewhat dry winter that made it harder for the ground to process the rain.
