222 killed in floods in Pakistan and Afghanistan within 3 weeks
The disaster management agencies of Afghanistan and Pakistan reported that the number of people killed as a result of Heavy rain, floodsand snow that the countries have been witnessing for three weeks, rising to 222 according to the latest toll.
In Afghanistan, which is facing one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world, the spokesman for the National Disaster Management Administration, Muhammad Yousef Hammad, said: "148 people have died since March 26 as a result of rain, floods, landslides and lightning".
Flood deaths
In the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in northern Pakistan, the death toll also rose in recent days to 51 since March 25, according to what the state’s emergency management authority reported to Agence France-Presse on Thursday.
Also, five people died in Kashmir, which is under Pakistani control, according to local authorities in the region.
And counting 18 dead since March 20 in the province. Balochistan (southwestern Pakistan), according to the latest figures issued by the local disaster management authorities, the total death toll in Pakistan has risen to at least 74 people.
In addition to human losses, these bad weather conditions have caused serious material damage and led to the cutting off of major roads.
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