Khaama: The United Nations mission in Afghanistan said due to the recent heavy rains and flash floods in seven provinces, at least 645 families have been affected. The organization has said that international aid organizations are assessing the delivery of life-saving aid to the affected families throughout Afghanistan during these difficult times. According to the
8am: According to local sources in Helmand, as a result of flooding in the province, 10 nomads have lost their lives. On Saturday, a reliable local source, who did not want to be named, told that these floods occurred overnight in the villages of Tazani and Khashrod in the Nawzad district of Helmand province. Click
Khaama: State Ministry for Natural Disaster Management of the Islamic Emirate says that due to recent flash floods and earthquakes, at least 10 people were killed and more than 60 others were injured. Shafiullah Rahimi, spokesperson of the State Ministry for Natural Disaster Management on Thursday announced the latest update on the number of deaths
Tolo News: Officials of the Pashdan Dam in Herat province said that after a one-and-a-half-year hiatus of construction, most areas of the dam are in disrepair. They warned that if the water in the Pashdan dam is not released soon, floods will destroy the water source. Last year, the flood destroyed part of the structure
Khaama: The Afghanistan Meteorological Department (AMD) has issued a warning for torrential downpours, snowfall, and flash floods that are forecasted to affect 17 central and northern provinces of Afghanistan. In a newsletter published on Thursday, the meteorological agency of Afghanistan warned that the provinces of Herat, Ghor, Badghis, Faryab, Sar-e-pol, Jawzjan, Balkh, Samangan, Kunduz, Baghlan,
By Abubakar Siddique RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi August 31, 2022 Mira Jan lost his home, crops, and livestock in the devastating floods that have struck large swaths of Afghanistan. “Our house was swept away by the raging floods,” Jan, a farmer in the eastern province of Nangarhar, told RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi. “We were only able to save
Ariana: Afghanistan’s Meteorological Directorate has once again issued flood warnings for at least 20 provinces across the country valid Friday and Saturday. This comes as Afghans battle an increasing humanitarian crisis made worse by the ongoing floods, which have left over 180 people dead in the past two weeks. On Thursday, the weather service warned
Ariana: The Ministry of State Disaster Management said Wednesday at least 182 people have died and more than 250 have been injured in flash floods in different parts of the country in the past month. According to the ministry, floods have destroyed hundreds of houses, damaged thousands of acres of agricultural land and killed thousands
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi August 21, 2022 Heavy flooding from seasonal rains in eastern Afghanistan has killed at least 22 people and injured 80 others, swept away homes, and destroyed livestock and agricultural land, officials and villagers said August 21. The worst affected area was the Khushi district of Logar Province, south of the Afghan capital
Ariana: The Afghanistan Meteorological Department issued a flash flood warning on Thursday, stating that heavy rain and high wind gusts can be expected across a wide section of the country on Friday and Saturday. The provinces likely to be affected are Badakhshan, Nuristan, Kunar, Laghman, Nangarhar, Kapisa, Panjshir, Takhar, Baghlan, Parwan, Bamiyan, Samangan, Kabul, Maidan