KABUL (Pajhwok): At least 77 people have died and 137 others injured due to heavy rainfall and flash floods over the past two weeks across Afghanistan, the National Disaster Preparedness Authority (NDPA) said on Saturday.
Hafiz Mohammad Yousuf Hamad, head of the NDPA’s Information and Communications Department, said that in the past 48 hours alone, rainfall, floods, landslides, and lightning incidents caused 26 deaths and 48 injuries in Kabul, Panjshir, Parwan, Daikundi, Paktia, Paktika, Khost, Logar, Ghazni, Zabul, Uruzgan, Helmand, Herat, Nimroz, Farah, Ghor, Badghis, Balkh, Sar-e-Pul, Jawzjan, Faryab, Nangarhar, Laghman, Kunar and Nuristan provinces.
He added that during the same period, 126 houses were completely destroyed, 617 partially damaged, and 49 shops were damaged.
According to Hamad, 98 water wells and networks, 3,172 jeribs of agricultural land, and 183 livestock were also lost, affecting a total of 1,189 families.
Since March 24 up to today (April 4), nationwide rainfall and flooding have resulted in 77 deaths and 137 injuries.
Hamad further reported that 793 houses were completely destroyed, 2,673 partially damaged, 337 kilometres of roads were damaged, 11,676 jeribs of agricultural land were destroyed, and a total of 5,811 families have been affected by natural disasters.
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