At least two people have been killed and three others wounded in rain-induced flash floods in southeastern Paktika province, an official said on Tuesday. Matiullah Mansour, director of natural disaster management authority, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the…
Flash floods washed away dozens of homes and destroyed hundreds of acres of crop fields in this capital city of central Logar province, an official said on Tuesday. Omar Mansour, the Logar Governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Heavy rains-induced flooding killed at least one person and injured 10 others and inundated large swathes of farmland in northern Takhar province, officials said on Wednesday. The flash floods destroyed crops on over 1000 acres of land in…
The Afghanistan Meteorological Department (AMD) on Thursday forecasted heavy rain and warned of possible flooding in 17 provinces of the country. In a statement, the department said there was possibility of relatively heavy rain and subsequent floods in…
At least 20 people have been killed and 30 others wounded as flash floods triggered by heavy rains wreaked havoc in central Logar province, officials said on Sunday. The floods emerged in Pul-i-Alam, the provincial capital, Khoshi and…
Three people were killed and 55 houses destroyed by recent floods in eastern Laghman province, and at least 30 houses were destroyed in central Maidan Wardak province, officials said Saturday. Khair Mohammad Ghazi, head of the disaster…
Recent floods killed 41 people, injured 17 and destroyed or partially damaged 790 houses in some provinces, affecting more than 3,720 families. The United Nations Organization for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Wednesday said the fatalities…
Flash floods triggered by torrential rains worst hit the Kammo, Pati Gul, Baz Gul, Gordes, Saret and Chinar areas of Kamdesh district in eastern Nuristan province, an official said on Wednesday.
Floods-affected residents of Jalalabad city and some districts of eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday called on the government and aid giving agencies to provide them with assistance. Officials say they have so far surveyed at least 550 families…
The Natural Disaster Management Authority in eastern Kunar province on Tuesday said dozens of houses and public facilities were destroyed in yesterday’s flooding in different areas. Ihsanullah, damage assessment manager at the Disaster Management Authority, told Pajhwok Afghan…
The Meteorological Department has predicted rain, lightning and floods in 19 provinces of the country today and tomorrow and temporary strong winds in three provinces. The department on Tuesday issued a flood warning in Nuristan, Kunar, Laghman, Nangarhar,…
The Afghanistan Department of Meteorology (ADM) on Thursday predicted heavy rain, flooding and thunderstorm in 19 provinces of the country. The Meteorology Department predicted heavy rain, floods and thunderstorm in Badakhshan, Nooristan, Kunar, Laghman, Nangarhar, Panjshir, Parwan, Kapisa,…
Recent floods destroyed 70 percent of the agricultural land in southeastern Paktia province besides sweeping away hundreds of houses, local officials said on Tuesday. Maulvi Abdul Rauf Saeed, Paktia agriculture director, told a press conference here that the…
Four people, including a child, were killed in yesterday’s flooding that devastated roads in southeastern Paktia province, the provincial Department of Information and Culture says. In a statement, the Information and Culture department said three members of a…
Residents of Gomal district of southeastern Paktika province on Monday asked the government to assist recent floods-affected families in rebuilding their houses. Arriving in Sharana, the provincial capital, the Gomal district residents said recent floods damaged their houses,…
The recent floods have damaged hundreds acres of farmland in Neili City, Shahristan, Meramoor and Kheder districts of the central Daikundi province, according to the local residents on Wednesday.
Flash floods unleashed by heavy downpours killed five people, injured as many, destroyed more than 500 homes and devastated crops on thousands of acres of land in eastern Nangarhar province, official said on Monday. The affected people say…
The process of distributing food and non-food items to hundreds of calamity-hit families commenced in southern Ghazni province on Wednesday. Maulvi Umar Haqqani, head of the province's natural disaster management, told Pajhwok Afghan News that they had already…
Flash floods destroyed crops, especially wheat, on hundreds of acres of land in 10 districts of southeastern Paktika province besides submerging people's houses in some areas. The floods emerged in Matakhan, Sara Roza, Orgun, Nika, Yahyakhel, Yusufkhel, Khairkot,…
Recent rain-induced floods have killed more than 60 people in different parts of the country, an official says. Last week’s flooding left 63 people dead and 81 others wounded in a dozen provinces, the minister of state for…
At least a dozen people suffered casualties and crops on thousands of acres of land destroyed by storm and floods in several districts of southern Ghazni province since last night, an official said on Wednesday. The floods…
The Disaster Management Department of central Maidan Wardak province on Wednesday said flash floods triggered by heavy rains in different parts of the province caused severe financial losses to residents. The department said in a statement to…
Recent floods killed nearly a dozen people, destroyed 500 homes and crops on 1750 acres of land in eight provinces of the country, the Ministry of Natural Disasters Management said on Wednesday. Deputy minister for natural disasters management,…
At least 10 people were killed in flash flood that swept away hundreds of houses and damaged farmland in northern Takhar province, an official said on Wednesday. Mullah Ahmad Sair Sajad, director of natural disaster management, told Pajhwok…
