PUL-E-ALAM, Afghanistan, Aug 21 (NNN-ANA) – At least 10 people lost their lives and scores of houses were destroyed, in a flash flood in Afghan eastern province of Logar yesterday, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported, today.
Heavy rainfalls, which triggered the flooding killed 10 people and washed away or badly damaged scores of houses, in several villages of Khushi district, in Logar province yesterday afternoon, the news agency said.
The flood had also destroyed hundreds of hectares of farmlands in the district and its vicinity, it added.
More than 200 people, according to officials, have been killed due to downpours and flooding in 10 out of the country’s 34 provinces over the past couple of months.– NNN-ANA
