Afghanistan is again hit by heavy flooding due to seasonal rains. After leaving at least 31 people dead and dozens missing last week in the north of the country, this time they hit the east overnight from Saturday to Sunday. Result: at least nine people died.
“This is a flood unprecedented in the history of the Khushi region, said a resident. He took all the resident animals, houses and farmland. People are homeless, they are seeking refuge in the mountains.”
North India under water
At least 40 people have died and more are missing in flash floods triggered by heavy rains in northern India over the past three days, officials said Sunday.
The rain flooded hundreds of villages, washed away mud houses, flooded roads and destroyed bridges in parts of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand states.
India’s meteorological department predicts that heavy to very heavy rains will continue to fall in the region over the next two days.
Disasters caused by landslides and floods are common in northern India’s Himalayas during the monsoon season from June to September.
According to scientists, they are becoming more frequent as global warming contributes to the melting of glaciers.
Last year, flash floods killed nearly 200 people and washed away homes in Uttarakhand.
River flooding in Sudan
Flooding continues in Sudan, with the levels of the Nile and Atbra increasing since July.
Eyewitnesses reported to Sudan’s public broadcaster that more than 300 houses were completely destroyed, in addition to the destruction of hundreds of farms, due to flooding in the state of East Darfur.
Floods are said to have struck four neighborhoods in the city of Abu Matariq.
According to a report published on August 13 by Sudan’s National Council for Civil Defense (UNDRR), 52 Sudanese people have been killed and 25 injured by floods and heavy rains since May.
The number remains unknown for much of northern and eastern Sudan.
