{"id":1477,"date":"2024-05-12T10:34:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T07:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/planeta21vek.ru\/eng\/?p=1477"},"modified":"2025-11-20T12:39:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T09:39:37","slug":"over-the-past-three-years-floods-have-claimed-victims-in-central-and-south-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planeta21vek.ru\/eng\/2024\/05\/12\/over-the-past-three-years-floods-have-claimed-victims-in-central-and-south-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"Over the past three years, floods have claimed victims in Central and South Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"

On May 11, the UN office announced the death of 300 people due to floods in Afghanistan. The death toll as a result of floods in Afghanistan has exceeded 300 people, more than 1,000 houses have been destroyed, the UN World Food Program (WFP) Office X in the emirate reported on social media. At the end of June 2022, 400 people were killed in Afghanistan due to floods in Kabul, Nangarhar, Khost, Paktika and other Afghan provinces. A day earlier, Khost and Paktika were hit by a devastating earthquake that killed at least 1,000 people. The AP reports that such extreme weather may be linked to climate change. Thus, in April 2024, Baluchistan (a Pakistani province) received 353% more rain than usual. Pakistani officials are calling this the wettest April in 30 years.<\/p>\n

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Floods in Afghanistan in May 2024<\/h3>\n

On May 11, the UN office announced the death of 300 people due to floods in Afghanistan. The death toll as a result of floods in Afghanistan has exceeded 300 people, more than 1,000 houses have been destroyed, the UN World Food Program (WFP) Office X in the emirate reported on social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cFlash floods are ravaging Afghanistan, killing more than 300 people in Baghlan and destroying more than 1,000 homes. This is one of many floods over the past few weeks caused by unusually heavy rainfall,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n

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On May 10, Afghanistan experienced flooding caused by heavy rains. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the country’s ruling Taliban (an organization recognized as terrorist in the Russian Federation and banned) announced the death of 153 people in three provinces, Reuters wrote. Ministry spokesman Abdul Matin Kani said at least 138 people were injured in flooding in northern Baghlan, Takhar and Badakhshan. The country’s transport and water systems have been severely disrupted, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.<\/p>\n

According to the WHO office in Afghanistan, four medical centers were damaged and another was destroyed.<\/p>\n

Floods in Afghanistan in April 2024<\/h3>\n

In April of this year, another flood occurred in Afghanistan; 66 people are known to have died. Another 36 were injured. Dozens are missing. Dozens of people have died due to floods in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The disaster was caused by monsoon rains. In both countries, enormous damage was caused to agriculture. Hundreds of houses were destroyed.<\/p>\n