Around 70 individuals have been killed as heavy rains have been lashing in many parts of Afghanistan over the past five days. The government’s disaster management department said that Afghanistan experienced an unusually dry winter, which parched the earth and worsened the impact of flash flooding caused by spring downpours in most provinces.Top of Form
Disaster management spokesman Janan Sayeq said “approximately 70 people lost their lives” as a result of rains between Saturday and Wednesday.
According to the report, fifty-six others have been injured, more than 2,600 houses have been damaged and 95,000 acres of farmland have been wiped away.
Last week, providing a smaller death toll, Sayeq mentioned that most fatalities at that point had resulted from roof collapses due to the deluges.
Meanwhile, neighboring Pakistan has also been severely affected by spring downpours, with 65 people reported killed in storm-related incidents, as rainfall occurs at nearly twice the historical average rate.
