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Within two days… 24 people were killed due to floods in Afghanistan


At least 24 people died in due to heavy rain and Floods in Afghanistan

Farouk Akhbulwak, spokesman for the governor of Baghlan Province, said "Fifteen people died and dozens were injured due to the floods".

A local official in Badakhshan Province reported that "Two people were killed, two others were reported missing, and more than 100 residential buildings were destroyed.".

Testimony Heavy rain since Wednesday, causing floods in several governorates. Six people were killed in different provinces on Thursday.

Landslides

The spokesman for the National Disaster Management Authority in Afghanistan, Muhammad Yusuf Hammad, said on Thursday: "In the past twenty-four hours… six people have died and eleven others have been injured"

Afghanistan has witnessed severe weather conditions since late March, leading to floods and landslides that also damaged homes and crops.

Extreme Weather Events

At least 148 people died and 137 others were injured in April in Afghanistan due to rain and floods.

Afghanistan, one of the poorest countries in the world, is particularly vulnerable to the consequences of climate change, which experts say will Makes extreme weather events more frequent.

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