Flash floods triggered by heavy rains have left a trail of devastation in northern Afghanistan, claiming the lives of hundreds of people. The catastrophic floods struck on 10 to 11…
State news sources in Afghanistan report raging flash floods in Maidan Wardak Province have destroyed homes, killed at least 12 people and left a further 40 unaccounted for. Flooding struck…
Over 30 people have died and many are missing after heavy rain caused flash flooding in parts of Afghanistan. According to the state-run Bakhtar News Agency (BNA), flash flooding struck…
The United Nations reports that as many as 39 people lost their lives in flash floods in Afghanistan during the last week of July 2022. Heavy rain and flash floods…
Further flooding in Afghanistan has affected parts of the east, south, south-east, and central regions of the country and caused more fatalities. Reports from the United Nations Office for the…
At least 10 people have died after heavy rain caused flash flooding in central and eastern parts of Afghanistan. The United Nations reported heavy and unseasonal rainfall across the central…
At least 19 people lost their lives after heavy rain caused flash flooding in the provinces of Kunar, Laghman, Nangarhar and Nuristan eastern Afghanistan. Flooding struck on 22 June 2022.…
Over 20 people have reportedly died in flash flooding in Afghanistan over the last few days. Detailed information on the current situation is difficult to find. However local and international…
Flash floods have caused death and destruction across parts of the Middle East after days of heavy rain. Fatalities have been reported in Oman and Iran, where thousands of people…
In one of the worst months on record, over 920 people have died in floods, landslides and other rain-related incidents worldwide in July 2021. July this year brought a seemingly…
As many as 113 people have now lost their lives in the catastrophic floods that struck in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan in late July 2021. Flooding struck in Kamdesh district in…
Dozens of people are feared dead after flash floods in Nuristan Province in eastern Afghanistan. Flooding struck in Kamdesh district (also Kamdeish or Kamdish) in Nuristan Province late on 28…
At least 14 people have lost their lives after heavy rain triggered flash flooding and mudslides in Tajikistan and northern areas of neighbouring Afghanistan. This is the second severe flood…
Update, 05 May 2021: As of 05 May, updated information from disaster authorities showed at least 37 fatalities and more than 400 families displaced. In Herat 24 people died and…
CHARIKAR, Afghanistan, Oct 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Grocer Aziz Ullah took in his brother’s three children after he was killed by devastating flash floods in late August which also…
FAIZABAD, Afghanistan, Sept 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – In a small village in northern Afghanistan, nestled in barren mountains and cut off from main roads, Arsam points to what is…
