Earth Watch Report - Flooding
Afghans
affected by flash floods search their belonging from flood water in
Sheberghan, Afghanistan. Photograph: Sayed Mustafa/EPA
Floods in Afghanistan leave more than 100 dead
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least 58 people have been killed and hundreds of villagers left
stranded in devastating flash floods in northern Afghanistan, officials
say. The governor of Jowzjan province warned that the number of victims
was likely to rise. People have been left trapped on the roofs of their
homes and rescue helicopters have been deployed. There are reports of
flooding in other provinces in the north and west. "Thousands of homes
have been destroyed and thousands are suffering", Jowzjan's governor
Boymurod Qoyinli said. He said that more than 80 people are missing and
that 3,000 homes have been destroyed. BBC Uzbek's Navid Nazari,
reporting from the flood-hit areas, was told by one woman that she was
taken by surprise by the flash flood just after reading evening prayers.
She lost two of her children. Heavy rain and storms on Thursday night
created a perilous situation for villagers whose homes are largely built
out of mud. Three remote districts in the province were particularly
badly affected, the governor said. Our correspondent travelled on board
one of the rescue helicopters deployed by the security forces. He
described a landscape where dozens of homes had been destroyed, many
more submerged and villagers crouched on the roofs of their homes. |
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| Updated: | Friday, 25 April, 2014 at 17:35 UTC |
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than 100 people have been killed and thousands left homeless by flash
floods in north and west Afghanistan, officials said on Friday,
prompting desperate pleas for help from the impoverished provincial
authorities. Thousands of homes have been engulfed by flood waters in
four provinces after three days of heavy rain in what is traditionally a
wet period at the start of spring. In the northern province of Jawzjan,
police chief Faqer Mohammad Jawzjani said 55 bodies had been recovered,
and that the number of dead would increase over the coming days.
"Providing aid or help from the ground is impossible," he said. "We have
carried 1,500 people to safe areas of neighbouring districts by
helicopter. We need emergency assistance from the central government and
aid agencies." The governor of neighbouring Faryab province said 33
people had died there and another 80 were missing. "Ten thousand
families have been affected and more then 2,000 houses have been
destroyed," Mohammadullah Batazhn said. Another 13 people were killed in
the provinces of Badghis and Sar-e Pol, local officials said. |
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| Updated: | Sunday, 27 April, 2014 at 04:49 UTC |
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National Disaster Management Authority said on Saturday that 58 people
were killed in Jowzjan province, 32 in Faryab, six in Sar-e-Pul and six
others in Badghis. After days of torrential rain, floodwaters swept
through villages, engulfing thousands of houses and leaving many people
seeking safety on the roofs of their mud-brick houses. Officials in
Faryab province said nearly 2000 houses were washed away and more than
8000 cattle were killed. Flooding often occurs during the spring rainy
season in northern Afghanistan. Two weeks ago, a landslide triggered by
heavy rains and a small earthquake swept through two villages in Takhar,
another northern province, killing four people and destroying around
100 houses. Forty people died in August in flash floods in eastern and
southeastern provinces and some parts of Kabul. |
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| Updated: | Sunday, 27 April, 2014 at 11:08 UTC |
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floods in Northern Afghanistan have killed more than 180 people and
displaced thousands after days of torrential rain, officials say.
Authorities in one of the country's hardest hit regions of Jawzjan said,
the death toll was expected to rise further. "Rescue helicopters have
evacuated some 200 people, but many people are still trapped on roofs of
their homes and some are also missing," Jawzjan provincial police chief
Faqir Mohammad Jowzjani said. The head of the disaster relief committee
in Jawzjan province, said more than 5,000 people had been displaced and
there was shortage of medicine and water, after heavy rain and storms
swept through two districts of the region on Thursday night.
Mohammadullah Batash, the governor of Faryab, said the death toll in his
province, which borders Turkmenistan, was expected to rise. The Afghan
government has been scrambling to help survivors and search for stranded
villagers by deploying army helicopters to reach affected areas. The
floodwaters swept through villages and fields, engulfing thousands of
homes and leaving many people seeking safety on the roofs of their
mud-brick houses. Flooding often occurs during the spring rainy season
in northern Afghanistan, with flimsy mud houses offering little
protection against rising water level. |
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Death toll in northern Afghanistan floods tops 100, officials say
Updated Sun 27 Apr 2014, 1:36pm AEST
The
death toll from flash floods in northern Afghanistan has risen to more
than 100 with many others still missing, officials say.
The
national disaster management authority said that 58 people were killed
in Jowzjan province, 32 in Faryab, six in Sar-e-Pul and six others in
Badghis as floods struck a large swath of rural communities.
"Unfortunately,
we have over 100 people killed and dozens of others missing due to
flash floods in four northern provinces," said Mohammad Sadeq Sediqqi,
from the national disaster management authority.
OCHA, the United
Nations humanitarian affairs office, said it had reports from provincial
officials of 123 people killed, with Jowzjan province alone suffering
80 deaths and 6,000 displaced people.
It said clean water, medical
supplies, food and shelter were needed immediately as relief efforts
got under way after days of torrential rain.
The floodwaters swept
through villages, engulfing thousands of homes and leaving many people
seeking safety on the roofs of their mud-brick houses.
The Afghan
defence ministry sent two helicopters to Jowzjan, where the aircraft
rescued more than 1,000 people and carried them to higher ground.
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