Afghanistan|The floods have destroyed thousands of houses.
in Afghanistan at least 50 people died in Friday’s flash floods. Dozens of people are still missing, reports AFP news agency. The information is based on the statements of local authorities.
The flash floods also destroyed around 2,000 houses and severely damaged thousands of other residential buildings and commercial premises, a police spokesman in Ghowri province in central Afghanistan Abdul Rahman Badri said in a press release, according to AFP.
Ghowrin a resident of Chaghcharān, the provincial capital Zahir Zahid told AFP that he and his family fled Friday’s floods as soon as the alarms started. According to Zahid, the family was saved at the last minute, as the flood destroyed the family’s home just five minutes after they managed to escape.
“I saw with my own eyes how the flood destroyed my house. Women and children, all were crying. The flood has washed away a hundred houses in our area, and there is nothing left,” he said.
Head of Provincial Disaster Management Department Obaidullah Muradian said it is an emergency and residents who have fled their homes urgently need shelter, food and water.
“The situation is really worrying,” he stated.
Other for example, the northern parts of Baghlan province have suffered from bad floods during the past spring. At the beginning of May, an estimated hundreds of people died in the floods, and not all of those who went missing at that time have yet been found.
The UN World Food Program (WFP) and Taliban officials have said that more than 300 people have died in the floods of early May.
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