Flash floods have struck once again in the Badakhshan province of Afghanistan.
According to reports from Chinese state news agency, Xinhua, flash floods struck in the Kofab district of Badakhshan province on Saturday, 25 July 2015. Six people, including women and children, were reported as killed in the floods.
Quoting an official from the Badakhshan provincial government, Xinhua also said that the foods had damaged or destroyed more than 120 houses in the district. The official added that authorities were trying to provide necessary assistance to the affected people.
This is the second time this month that Badakhshan has seen deadly flash floods. Flash floods struck in the Shuhada district of Badakhshan on 07 July 2015, leaving at least 7 dead and around 300 families affected. Since then the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Afghanistan have been distributing aid and relief for the flood-affected families in Shuhada.
