At least 66 dead as new floods hit Afghanistan’s Faryab province
Al Jazeera
Flooding damaged more than 1,500 houses, swamped more than 400 hectares of agricultural land and killed livestock.
Fresh floods have killed at least 66 people in Faryab province in northern Afghanistan, says a provincial official, in the latest deadly string of disasters to hit the country in recent days.
Heavy floods in multiple districts of Faryab province on Saturday night “resulted in human and financial losses”, Asmatullah Moradi, spokesman for the Faryab governor, said in a statement on Sunday.
“Due to the floods 66 people were killed,” he said, adding that at least five people were injured and several others missing.
The flooding damaged more than 1,500 houses, swamped more than 400 hectares (1,000 acres) of agricultural land and killed livestock in their hundreds, he said.
Another 18 people had also died in floods in the same province on Friday, Moradi added.
