Floods in Eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar leave 3 dead and 20 injured
Local media reported that at least three people have died and 20 others have been injured due to flooding in Kuz Kunar district, Nangarhar province. The floods have also destroyed around 150 houses in the district, according to the report.
The Bakhtar News Agency, under Taliban control, stated on Friday, September 27, that heavy rains and floods in Mehtarlam city, the capital of Laghman province, and in the Alingar district of the province have caused significant financial damage to the local population.
Previously, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) announced on September 10 that 245 villages in 32 provinces of Afghanistan had been affected by rainfall and flooding during the first seven months of this year.
OCHA added that 58 people had died, and 380 others had been injured due to July floods in the northern and northeastern regions of the country.
The UN humanitarian office also noted that July rainfall severely affected approximately 2,000 Afghan families in Badakhshan, Baghlan, Kunar, Laghman, Nangarhar, and Nuristan.
The recent floods in Nangarhar and Laghman provinces highlight the ongoing vulnerability of local communities to natural disasters, particularly during the rainy season, exacerbating their hardships.
Continued support from international humanitarian organizations is crucial to help people recover from such disasters, and further measures are needed to prevent future losses and mitigate the effects of climate-induced calamities.
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