Heavy rain, floods predicted in some provinces

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Transportation and Civil Aviation (MoTCA) on Monday predicted heavy flash floods, snowfall and rainfall in some provinces.

On its X handle, MoTCA wrote that flash floods, heavy rainfall and snowfall will likely lash Herat, Uruzgan, Ghor, Badghis, Faryab, Balkh, Sar-i-Pul, Samangan, Bamyan, Daikundi, Ghazni, Khost, Paktia, Maidan Wardak, Logar, Parwan, Panjsher, Kapisa, Laghman, Kunar, Nuristan, Baghlan, Badakhshan and Takhar provinces from March 10 to 12.

The amount of snowfall in different places is expected to be between 10 and 30 centimeters and the amount of rainfall in different places is expected to be between 15 and 30 millimeters.

The ministry also wrote that in western provinces, including Salang, there is a possibility of strong winds, the speed of which is expected to be between 50 and 75 kilometers per hour in different places.

The Ministry of Water and Energy (MoWE) also predicted rainfall, snowfall and flash floods in different parts of the country in the coming three days.

The ministry asked residents of the mentioned areas to refrain from going near the banks of rivers during floods and inform downstream areas to about flooding to prevent human casualties.

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