PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan, May 6 (NNN-ANA) – Eight people have been confirmed dead and 13 others injured, as floods swept parts of the northern Baghlan and western Badghis provinces on Wednesday, officials said yesterday.
In the Dahna-e-Ghori district of the northern Baghlan province, four people lost their lives and eight others sustained injuries, in downpours and flash floods that swept through several villages on Wednesday night, provincial director for information and culture, Mawlawi Mustafa Hashimi, asserted.
The floods have also badly damaged or washed away some 900 houses, the official added.
About 9,000 acres of farmlands were damaged due to the flooding, the official further said.
Similarly, the flash floods also claimed four lives, including two children and injured five others, in the Qadis and Ghormach districts of the western Badghis province on Wednesday, provincial administration official, Mawlawi Baridad Sabiri, said.
Flooding also killed two people in the northern Faryab and two others in the eastern Parwan provinces on Tuesday, according to officials.
Parts of the country, including the capital city Kabul, experienced downpours and flooding on Tuesday and Wednesday.– NNN-ANA
