More than 100 people have been killed and thousands left
homeless by flash floods in north and west Afghanistan, officials said on 25-04-2014
Friday, prompting desperate pleas for help from the impoverished provincial
authorities.
Thousands of homes have been engulfed by flood waters in
four provinces after three days of heavy rain in what is traditionally a wet
period at the start of spring. In the northern province of Jawzjan, police
chief Faqer Mohammad Jawzjani said 55 bodies had been recovered, and that the
number of dead would increase over the coming days.
"Providing aid or help from the ground is
impossible," he told Reuters. "We have carried 1,500 people to safe
areas of neighboring districts by helicopter. We need emergency assistance from
the central government and aid agencies."
The governor of neighboring Faryab province said 33
people had died there and another 80 were missing. "Ten thousand families
have been affected and more than 2,000 houses have been destroyed,"
Mohammadullah Batazhn said.
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