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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Flash Flood Kills 8 in Baghlan |
| 2014-05-06 |
| [Tolo News] On Monday, Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) announced that eight people were killed and six injured in a flash flood in northern Baghlan province. ANDMA officials said the flash flood has affected more than 1,200 homes in nine districts of the province. They added that aid is on the way. The recent floods in northern Sar-e-Pul, Jowzjan, Faryab and western Badghis provinces of Afghanistan have claimed the lives of 148 people and nearly 60 are missing. Afghanistan, particularly in the mountainous north, is often flooded throughout the spring and summer seasons. Afghans blame the poor infrastructure of the country. The flash flood in Baghlan happened just days after 2,500 people were killed in a landslide in northern Badakhshan province on Friday. Rescuers stopped searching for survivors in the double landslide because the lack of machine power to dig thru 50 meters of mud caused by flooding related to ice and snow melt in northern Badakhshan. |
| Posted by:Fred |