{"id":8915,"date":"2024-05-12T07:33:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T07:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=8915"},"modified":"2024-05-12T07:33:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T07:33:36","slug":"flash-floods-in-northern-afghanistan-killed-more-than-300-people-u-n-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=8915","title":{"rendered":"Flash floods in northern Afghanistan killed more than 300 people, U.N. says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>Flash floods from unusually heavy seasonal rains in Afghanistan have killed more than 300 people and destroyed over 1,000 houses, the U.N. food agency said Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>The World Food Program said it was distributing fortified biscuits to the survivors of <span class=\"link\">one of the many floods<\/span> that hit Afghanistan over the last few weeks, mostly the northern province of Baghlan, which bore the brunt of the deluges Friday. <\/p>\n<p>In neighboring Takhar province, state-owned media outlets reported the floods killed at least 20 people.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"newsletter_signup \">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-newsletter-widget embed--float-none embed--size-large embed--type-iframe\" data-ads=\"{\" wordcount=\"\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Zabihullah Mujahid, the chief spokesman for the Taliban government, posted on the social media platform X that &#8220;hundreds &#8230; have succumbed to these calamitous floods, while a substantial number have sustained injuries.&#8221; <\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img alt=\"Afghanistan Floods \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/05\/11\/8ced0a6c-39d1-4c85-ba19-ca5ed70e79dd\/thumbnail\/620x414\/ee926ad65b462bbbebeb07e6bb5470c0\/ap24132250351567.jpg?v=218688c1357f974b9630d4fa8914721c 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/05\/11\/8ced0a6c-39d1-4c85-ba19-ca5ed70e79dd\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/f965ff45b448a6a92f9a63a5b2fd97be\/ap24132250351567.jpg?v=218688c1357f974b9630d4fa8914721c 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">People gather around their damaged houses after heavy flooding in Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan on Saturday, May 11, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Mehrab Ibrahimi \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mujahid identified the provinces of Badakhshan, Baghlan, Ghor and Herat as the worst hit. He added that &#8220;the extensive devastation&#8221; has resulted in &#8220;significant financial losses.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>He said the government had ordered all available resources mobilized to rescue people, transport the injured and recover the dead. <\/p>\n<p>The Taliban Defense Ministry said in a statement Saturday that the country&#8217;s air force has already begun evacuating people in Baghlan and has rescued a large number of people stuck in flooded areas and transported 100 injured people to military hospitals in the region. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img alt=\"Afghanistan Floods \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/05\/11\/9e119e55-466a-42fa-9fe0-1f4c9aa4638a\/thumbnail\/620x414\/8f8bb661d77a6eaf093f1d8db0c11cff\/ap24132250433434.jpg?v=218688c1357f974b9630d4fa8914721c 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/05\/11\/9e119e55-466a-42fa-9fe0-1f4c9aa4638a\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/9f19813ec8c7803ca3bda3aa7fba07e9\/ap24132250433434.jpg?v=218688c1357f974b9630d4fa8914721c 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">People are seen near their damaged homes after heavy flooding in Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan on Saturday, May 11, 2024.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Mehrab Ibrahimi \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Richard Bennett, U.N. special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, said on X that the floods are a stark reminder of Afghanistan&#8217;s vulnerability to the climate crisis and both immediate aid and long-term planning by the Taliban and international actors are needed.<\/p>\n<p>Videos posted on social media showed dozens of people gathered Saturday behind the hospital in Baghlan looking for their loved ones. An official tells them that they should go and start digging graves while their staff are busy with preparing bodies for the burial ceremony.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img alt=\"Afghanistan Floods \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/05\/11\/6a7cfe3a-4f2c-4fb9-8c17-feac2b599456\/thumbnail\/620x414\/8ca686fa642b5cad70c82d07537c8692\/ap24132250286643.jpg?v=218688c1357f974b9630d4fa8914721c 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/05\/11\/6a7cfe3a-4f2c-4fb9-8c17-feac2b599456\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/ad1429b291ff34ec9f2cd5afa27b223e\/ap24132250286643.jpg?v=218688c1357f974b9630d4fa8914721c 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">People clean up their damaged homes after heavy flooding in Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan on Saturday, May 11, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Mehrab Ibrahimi \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Officials previously said that in April at least 70 people died from heavy rains and flash flooding in the country. 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