KABUL, Jul 13 (NNN-ANA) – Heavy rains and floods claimed 26 lives in Afghansitan’s southern Uruzgan province, over the past couple of days, reported a local television channel, yesterday.
Quoting deputy provincial governor, Hekmatullah Muzamel, Tolonews reported that, 26 people were killed due to downpour and flood in Khas Urzgan, Chora and Gizab districts of the province.
Scores of houses, shops and farmlands have been utterly washed away or badly damaged, due to the flood, the media outlet quoted some villagers as saying.
Monsoon rains and floods, according to officials, have killed dozens of people in eastern provinces of Nuristan, Parwan, Paktia, Wardak and Zabul, in the past week.– NNN-ANA
