TEHRAN, Iran, April 6 (NNN-IRNA) – While Iranian relief organisations, armed forces and volunteer groups are contributing to the restoration of ordinary life in Iran’s flood-hit areas, reports forecast heavy rainfall in the coming days.
Iran’s Meteorological Organisation announced that a new wave of rainfall will happen, which will affect the western, as well as, south-western regions of Iran.
Iran’s south-western Khuzestan province has been put on an alert condition, for the likelihood of flooding, according to the Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA), on Friday.
Iran’s interior minister, said that, five provinces adjacent to Khuzestan are on alert condition, to deploy assistance amid the flood risks, ISNA reported.
Besides, the meteorological reports predicted that the flood-stricken areas of Golestan province will see heavy rain from today (Saturday).
Following the recent calamity, like deadly floods and landslides, the global community has expressed sympathy for the Iranian authorities, as well as, the victims.
Turkey, Germany and Kuwait have sent their relief aids to Iran, amid Iranian officials’ outcry that the United States has banned the dispatch of international assistance to the Iranian victims.
Unprecedented floods across Iran over the past weeks have claimed the lives of at least 70 people, official IRNA news agency reported on Friday.
Deputy Road and Construction Minister, Abul Hashem Hassannia, said that, opening transportation paths was his main priority, according to Press TV.
Hundreds of people have also been relocated, as downpours and floods surrounded villages and cities.
Dozens of villages have disappeared under the mud and sludge in the west of Iran.
On Friday, Shahin Fathi, deputy director at Iran’s Rescue and Relief Organisation, said that, 1,900 cities and villages are affected by flood over the past weeks.
Besides, 25,000 homes around the country have been destroyed, as a result of heavy rainfall and subsequent floods.
The government and various charity organisations have pledged to provide the victims with non-repayable loans, to compensate for their losses, said the report.– NNN-IRNA
