{"id":8614,"date":"2024-05-10T19:51:20","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T19:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=8614"},"modified":"2024-05-10T19:51:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T19:51:20","slug":"flash-floods-kill-at-least-50-in-one-day-in-north-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=8614","title":{"rendered":"Flash floods kill at least 50 in one day in north Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gdb.voanews.com\/F6615AEC-DC54-48E1-A5F0-D9723DE15982_w800_h450.png\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"wsw\">\n<span class=\"dateline\">Kabul, Afghanistan \u2014\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>At least 50 people, mainly women and children, died Friday in flash flooding that ripped through Afghanistan&#8217;s Baghlan province, in the north of the country, a local official told AFP. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So far, the number of dead is 50 as per the hospital authorities of Baghlan-e-Markazi district of Baghlan province,&#8221; said Hedayatullah Hamdard, the head of the provincial natural disaster management department, adding that the toll could rise. <\/p>\n<p>The official explained that heavy seasonal rains sparked the flooding and that residents were unprepared for the sudden rush of water. <\/p>\n<p>Emergency personnel were &#8220;searching for any possible victims under the mud and rubble, with the help of security forces from the national army and police,&#8221; Hamdard said late Friday. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The weather is very gloomy right now and might pour down again,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p>Dozens of tents, blankets and food were provided to those who lost their homes, the official said. <\/p>\n<p>Video footage seen on social media showed torrents of muddy water swamping roads and bodies shrouded in white and black cloth. <\/p>\n<p>In one video clip, children are heard crying, and a group of men are looking at floodwaters in which bits of broken wood and debris from homes can be seen. <\/p>\n<p>Since mid-April, flash flooding and other floods have left about 100 people dead in 10 of Afghanistan&#8217;s provinces, with no region entirely spared, according to authorities. <\/p>\n<p>Farmland has been swamped in a country where 80% of the more than 40 million people depend on agriculture to survive. <\/p>\n<p>Afghanistan had a relatively dry winter that is making it more difficult for the soil to absorb rainfall. <\/p>\n<p>The nation, ravaged by four decades of war, is one of the poorest in the world and, according to scientists, one of the worst-prepared to face the consequences of climate change. Afghanistan, which is responsible for 0.06% of the world&#8217;s greenhouse gas emissions, ranks sixth on the list of countries most at risk from climate change, experts say. <\/p>\n<p>Half of Afghanistan&#8217;s population lives under the poverty line, and 15 million people are experiencing food insecurity, according to the World Bank. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/flash-floods-kill-at-least-50-in-one-day-in-north-afghanistan\/7606488.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kabul, Afghanistan \u2014\u00a0 At least 50 people, mainly women and children, died Friday in flash&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ 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