Fresh floods in Afghanistan kill at least 50 after heavy rain brings devastation

Afghans stand beside their belongings near a damaged house on 18 May after flash floods in Firozkoh, Ghor province, Afghanistan.Afghans stand beside their belongings near a damaged house on 18 May after flash floods in Firozkoh, Ghor province, Afghanistan.Dozens others remain missing, said Abdul Wahid Hamas, spokesperson for Ghor’s provincial governor, on Saturday.

A helicopter used by the Afghan air force crashed on Wednesday due to “technical issues” during attempts to recover the bodies of people who had fallen into a river in Ghor province, killing one and injuring 12 people, the country’s defence ministry said. Survivors have been left with no home, no land, and no source of livelihood, the World Food Organization said. Most of Baghlan is “inaccessible by trucks,” said WFP, adding that it was resorting to every alternative it could think of to deliver food to the survivors.

Afghanistan is prone to natural disasters and the United Nations considers it one of countries most vulnerable to climate change. It has battled a shortfall in aid after the Taliban took over as foreign forces withdrew from the country in 2021, since development aid that formed the backbone of government finances was slashed.

In a country with a health system already on its knees, some health facilities were rendered non-operational by the flooding last week, which damaged or destroyed thousands of homes and swamped agricultural land.

Source: Real Estate Daily Report (realestatedailyreport.net)

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