Afghanistan – Flash Floods Leave Over 30 Dead in Parwan
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…
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Afghanistan – 39 Died in Flash Floods in Late July, UN Says
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…
Afghanistan – Thousands of Homes Damaged, 39 Lives Lost After More 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…
Afghanistan – 10 Dead, Homes Damaged After Flash Floods in Central and Eastern Regions
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…
Afghanistan – 19 Killed in Flash Floods in Eastern Provinces
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.…
Afghanistan – Flash Floods Cause Fatalities and Severe Damage
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…
Middle East – Deadly Floods in Oman and Iran
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…
Worldwide – Over 920 People Killed in Floods and Landslides in July 2021
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…
Afghanistan – Red Crescent Confirms 113 Flood Deaths in Nuristan Province
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…
Afghanistan – Dozens Feared Dead After Floods in Nuristan Province
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…
Tajikistan and Afghanistan – 14 Killed in Flash Floods and Mudflows
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…
Afghanistan – Flash Floods Leave 16 Dead, 10 Missing
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…
As Afghans Count Cost of Deadly Floods, Officials Warn of Worse to Come
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…
Made Worse by Tree Loss, Flooding Forces Migration in Afghanistan
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…
Afghanistan – Flash Floods Death Toll Rises to 145
After further damage assessments following the severe flash flooding in eastern and central Afghanistan on 26 August, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that…
Pakistan – 19 Dead After Heavy Rainfall Triggers Floods in North
As monsoon rainfall continues to cause chaos in Karachi and surrounding areas of Pakistan‘s south eastern Sindh Province, flash flooding in northern parts of the country has caused at least…
