Flash floods in Afghanistan kill 14 people

Story by  ATV | Posted by  Nakul Shivani | Date 22-08-2022
Flash floods in Afghanistan
Flash floods in Afghanistan

 

Kabul

At least 14 people were killed and 12 others injured in flash floods triggered by heavy rain in Afghanistan's Paktia province on Sunday.

According to reports, 358 houses were completely destroyed and 676 others partially destroyed by the monsoon floods that washed out at least 20 acres of land.

The floods also left more than 1,430 livestock killed and hundreds of kilometres of roads, numerous protective walls, bridges and water dams damaged in the province.

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More than 200 people have been killed due to downpour and flooding in 10 out of the war-torn country's 34 provinces over the past couple of months.