KABUL, Jun 13 (NNN-BNA) – At least three people lost their lives, and significant property damage has been reported, after flash floods swept through northern Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province, a local official said, yesterday.
The floods impacted the districts of Jurm, Warduj, Raghistan, and Arghanjkhwa in the province, severely affecting homes, farmland, rural roads, culverts, and livestock, said Mawlawi Mohammad Akram Akbari, director of the provincial disaster management authority.
Akbari confirmed that three people lost their lives, more than 100 residential houses were either destroyed and livestock was wasted.
Additionally, hundreds of acres of agricultural land, along with rural roads, culverts, and bridges, were swept away by the floods, he said.
Meanwhile, torrential rains have triggered flash floods that have destroyed homes, swept away farmland, and wasted livestock in the province’s Teshkan, Khash, and Tagab districts, over the past four days, the official said.
The Afghanistan Meteorological Department has issued a warning of continued rainfall in the coming days, raising concerns about further flooding in vulnerable regions.– NNN-BNA
