JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Jul 16 (NNN-ANA) – At least 35 people were killed and 250 others were injured, as rainstorms and flash floods swept through east Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, yesterday afternoon, a local official said.
The disaster, according to Nangarhar’s provincial director for information and culture, Qurishi Badlon, affected the provincial capital of Jalalabad, Sukh Rod District and their neighbouring areas in the province, bordering Pakistan.
The casualties are expected to rise, the official added.
A similar natural disaster also claimed five lives in Nangarhar’s neighbouring Kunar province, hours earlier yesterday morning.
Heavy rains and flooding have killed more than 400 people, and rendered thousands of others homeless in the country, since May.– NNN-ANA
