Kabul 25 Aug, Kabul : Within the last one month, more than 178 people have died in the aftermath of massive flash floods in Afghanistan an official told.Another 250 people were injured in the heavy rains and flash floods that caused damage to 13 of the 34 provinces of the country A spokesperson of the Taliban’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Nasim Haqqani, said to the dpa news agency on Wednesday.
In addition more than 3,000 homes were completely or partially damaged and thousands of acres of land was destroyed, and hundreds of livestock were killed according to the official.
“People require more help because they’ve suffered huge human and financial losses.The people have suffered the loss of everything.” Haqqani said
The floods struck Afghanistan just two months after Afghanistan suffered one of its most destructive earthquakes in the last few decades.
The seasonal flooding is common in Afghanistan however, it this year has been particularly heavy in recent weeks.
Flash floods often catch people off guard since there’s no alarm systems in the mountainous region.
The tens of years of conflict, along with the degradation of the environment and a lack of funding in mitigation of disaster risks, have contributed to the growing vulnerability of Afghans to natural disasters, according the UN.
In the average, natural catastrophes touch around 200,000 people each year in the war-ravaged country.
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