Heavy rains set off flash floods in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 84 people

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Heavy rains set off flash floods in northern Afghanistan, ******** at least 84 people

Remainings of houses damaged by the flood are pictured in Firozkoh the capital city of Ghor Province, Afghanistan, May 18, 2024. REUTERS/*********

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More heavy rains in Afghanistan have triggered flash floods, raising the ****** toll to 84 in the country’s north following weeks of devastating torrents that had already left hundreds ***** and missing, a Taliban spokesman said Sunday.

The new round of heavy rains and floods hit four districts in Faryab province Saturday night, leaving 66 *****, five injured and eight missing. Another 18 people had ***** in floods on Friday, said Esmatullah Moradi, spokesman for the provincial governor in Faryab.

Moradi said that around 1,500 houses were either completely or partially destroyed while hundreds of hectares (acres) of farmlands were washed away and more than 300 animals *******.

Afghanistan has been witnessing 

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In the hard-hit western province of Ghor, 50 people were reported ***** from Friday’s floods, according to Abdul Wahid ******, spokesman for the provincial governor.

The U.N. food agency said Ghor was the most affected by the floods. Last week, the World Food Program said the 

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 in Afghanistan had ******* 

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 and destroyed thousands of houses, mostly in the northern province of Baghlan.

Survivors have been left with no home, no land, and no source of livelihood, WFP said, adding that most of Baghlan was inaccessible by trucks.

The latest disaster came on the heels of devastating 

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 that ******* at least 70 people in April. The waters also destroyed about 2,000 homes, three mosques and four schools in western Farah and Herat, and southern Zabul and Kandahar provinces.

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