At least 31 people were killed and 74 others injured and 41 were reported missing due to heavy rains causing heavy floods and landslides across Afghanistan, said disaster management authorities on Monday.
The areas affected by the floods included Afghan capital city Kabul, the Maidan Wardak and southern Ghazni provinces, State Ministry for Natural Disaster Management, Shafiullah Rahimi added in a statement.
At least 250 livestock died while 600 residences as well as hundreds of acres of lands have been damaged within last 72 hours, he confirmed.
Rahimi added that since the start of 2023, nearly 100,000 families were affected by natural disasters in different provinces and have received food and cash aid.
Natural disasters over the past four months have killed at least 214, including the latest known “flash flood deaths,” the statement concluded.
Source: Kuwait News Agency