Storms, floods kill more than 220 in Afghanistan and Pakistan in three weeks

Islamabad (TIP): Heavy rain, storms and floods have battered Asian neighbours Afghanistan and Pakistan in the last three weeks, killing at least 222 people, disaster officials in both countries have said. In Afghanistan, which already faces a severe humanitarian crisis, rain, floods, landslides and lightning strikes killed 148 people since March 26, the spokesman of the National Disaster Management Authority, Mohammad Yousuf Hammad, told AFP.
In Dewalak village of Jaghato district in Wardak province, one child was killed due to the collapse of a wall, according to the provincial Department of Information and Culture.
In the central province of Parwan, six people also died on Wednesday due to roof collapses, Mawlawi Abdul Aleem Afzali, chief of the provincial disaster management agency, said.
In northern Pakistan, the death toll has risen in recent days, reaching 51 people since March 25, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial disaster management agency told AFP.
Five people also died in Pakistan-administered Kashmir since March 25, local disaster authorities said.
And in southwestern Balochistan, at least 18 people have died since March 20, according to the latest figures from local authorities.
The severe weather has also caused widespread damage, with over 370 kilometres (230 miles) of roads destroyed in Afghanistan as well as nearly 1,230 houses. Afghanistan frequently experiences deadly floods, landslides and storms, particularly in remote areas with fragile infrastructure.

17 Comments

  1. Simply want to say your article is as surprising. The clarity for your put up is just nice and i can think you are knowledgeable in this subject. Well with your permission allow me to grab your feed to stay updated with coming near near post. Thanks 1,000,000 and please keep up the rewarding work.

  2. I am very happy to read this. This is the kind of manual that needs to be given and not the random misinformation that is at the other blogs. Appreciate your sharing this greatest doc.

  3. I have been surfing online greater than 3 hours these days, but I by no means discovered any fascinating article like yours. It is beautiful worth sufficient for me. In my opinion, if all webmasters and bloggers made excellent content material as you did, the net will be a lot more helpful than ever before. “When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.” by Herbert Clark Hoover.

  4. The next time I read a blog, I hope that it doesnt disappoint me as much as this one. I mean, I know it was my choice to read, but I actually thought youd have something interesting to say. All I hear is a bunch of whining about something that you could fix if you werent too busy looking for attention.

  5. I’ve been exploring for a little for any high quality articles or weblog posts on this sort of space . Exploring in Yahoo I eventually stumbled upon this web site. Studying this information So i am satisfied to show that I have an incredibly excellent uncanny feeling I discovered exactly what I needed. I such a lot without a doubt will make certain to don’t omit this site and give it a glance regularly.

  6. With havin so much content do you ever run into any issues of plagorism or copyright infringement? My blog has a lot of exclusive content I’ve either created myself or outsourced but it seems a lot of it is popping it up all over the internet without my permission. Do you know any methods to help stop content from being stolen? I’d genuinely appreciate it.

  7. What’s Taking place i’m new to this, I stumbled upon this I have discovered It absolutely helpful and it has aided me out loads. I am hoping to contribute & assist different users like its aided me. Great job.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.