KABUL, Aug 22 (NNN-ANA) – Ten people have been killed, due to flash floods across Afghanistan recently, an official from the country’s national disaster authority said, last night.
According to Mullah Janan Saeq, spokesman for the authority, in recent days, 10 people have lost their lives and eight others sustained injuries, as flash floods swept through parts of the country.
The natural disaster incidents have also ruined 100 residential houses, utterly or partially, and caused severe damage to farmlands, said Saeq, adding that, the acting head of the authority has commanded all provincial officials to take immediate action for the flood-affected people.
Rain-induced accidents have killed about 400 people, injured hundreds of others, as well as, inflicted huge property damage in various parts of the country since May.– NNN-ANA