Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities confirmed that heavy flooding attributable to seasonal rains has killed dozens and injured no less than 27 over three days final week.
Flash floods hit Kabul and a number of other different provinces throughout Afghanistan, stated Abdullah Janan Saiq, the Taliban’s spokesman for the State Ministry for Pure Catastrophe Administration.
Saiq added greater than 600 homes had been both partially or utterly destroyed, whereas round 200 livestock perished.
The flooding additionally broken round 800 hectares of agricultural land and greater than 85 kilometres (53 miles) of roads, Saiq stated.
Afghanistan flash floods: Which provinces are affected?
Western Farah, Herat, southern Zabul and Kandahar are among the many provinces that suffered probably the most injury, he added.
The climate division has warned that extra rain is predicted within the coming days in most of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces.
For the reason that Taliban ousted democratically-elected President Ashraf Ghani’s authorities in August 2021 after the US-led Western forces concluded their withdrawal, the circulate of overseas assist to the nation positioned on the crossroads of south and central Asia has drastically diminished.
Earlier in February, no less than 25 individuals had been killed in a landslide after heavy snowfall in japanese Afghanistan in February. About 60 had been killed in subsequent precipitation until the start of March which conventionally marks the top of winter within the nation.
The United Nations final yr warned that “Afghanistan is experiencing main swings in excessive climate circumstances”.
The adjustments in climate patterns in Afghanistan are a perform of ongoing local weather change occasions internationally. After being ravaged by many years of struggle, Afghanistan ranks among the many nations least ready to face local weather change.
(With inputs from companies)
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