In Brief: Afghan floods kill five - The killer floods hits Afghanistan
April 4th, 2009
KABUL, - Flash floods in different parts of the country over the past week have killed at least five and damaged hundreds of houses, Afghanistan’s National Disasters Management Authority has said.
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Seasonal floods cause death and destruction in parts of Afghanistan
Avalanches in Daykundi Province, central Afghanistan, killed one woman and three children, while floods in Kandahar and Herat provinces killed one child and damaged over 500 houses and agriculture land, officials said.
In its weekly climate forecast, the US-based Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSNET) warned that rainfall “along with expected snow melt” could lead to localised floods during the week of 1-7 April. A powerful storm, slowly progressing across Iran on 31 March, should affect Afghanistan at the beginning of April, it said.
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