At least 50 people have died following heavy rain and flooding in central Afghanistan, an official reported on Saturday.
Mawlawi Abdul Hai Zaeem, head of the information department for Ghor province, told Reuters that there was no information on the number of injured from the rain spell that began on Friday, which has also cut off many key roads to the area.
Zaeem stated that 2,000 houses were completely destroyed, 4,000 were partially damaged, and over 2,000 shops were submerged in the province’s capital, Feroz-Koh.
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Last week, flash floods from heavy rains devastated villages in northern Afghanistan, killing 315 people and injuring more than 1,600, according to authorities.
On Wednesday, an Afghan air force helicopter crashed due to technical issues while recovering bodies from a river in Ghor province, resulting in one death and 12 injuries, the defence ministry said.
Afghanistan is prone to natural disasters and is considered by the United Nations as one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change.
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