Officers say residents had been unprepared for the extreme flash floods, including that the demise toll may rise.
At the least 50 folks have died in Afghanistan in flooding after heavy rain within the northern province of Baghlan, an inside ministry spokesman mentioned, including that the demise toll may rise.
Ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qaniee informed Reuters that greater than 5 districts of Baghlan had been flooded after heavy rains and that some households had been stranded and wanted pressing assist.
He added that two extreme thunderstorms had been forecast for Friday evening.
“The Ministry of Inside has despatched groups and helicopters to the realm, however as a result of lack of evening imaginative and prescient lights within the helicopters, the operation will not be profitable,” he mentioned.
The quantity was confirmed by native official Hedayatullah Hamdard, head of the province’s pure catastrophe administration division, who additionally informed AFP the demise toll may rise.
Hamdard defined that the flooding was attributable to heavy seasonal rains and residents weren’t ready for the sudden rush of water.
Rescuers had been “trying to find all attainable victims underneath the mud and rubble with the assistance of safety forces from the nationwide military and police,” he mentioned.
Flash floods and different floods have killed about 100 folks in 10 Afghan provinces since mid-April, officers say, with no area fully spared.
Farmland was flooded in a rustic the place 80 p.c of its greater than 40 million folks rely on agriculture for his or her survival.
Afghanistan, which has had a comparatively dry winter, making it tougher for the soil to soak up rainfall, is especially weak to local weather change.
Torn by 4 many years of warfare, the nation is among the poorest on the earth and, in line with scientists, one of many least ready to face the consequences of worldwide warming.
Afghanistan, which is answerable for simply 0.06 p.c of worldwide greenhouse fuel emissions, ranks sixth on the listing of nations most in danger from local weather change, consultants mentioned.
