{"id":11440,"date":"2024-05-11T19:00:35","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T16:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=11440"},"modified":"2024-05-11T19:00:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T16:00:35","slug":"afghanistan-floods-kill-over-150","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=11440","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan floods kill over 150"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/afghanistan-floods-kill-over-150.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>The official death toll from devastating flash floods in northern\u00a0Afghanistan\u00a0has risen to 153 people across three provinces, the Taliban\u2019s interior ministry said on Saturday, while the World Food Progamme said it was double that.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cypru-video-ads\" id=\"cypru-1332592321\">\n<div id=\"cypru-618194037\" data-cypru-trackid=\"478051\" data-cypru-trackbid=\"1\" class=\"cypru-target\">\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-3350372726479-0\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The WFP, which operates throughout\u00a0Afghanistan, said on X that floods had killed more than 300 people. It did not give a source for its figure.<br \/>\nWhen asked about the WFP figure, a ministry spokesperson said its figure was still 153 \u2013 but the authorities have said the death toll could rise.<br \/>\nAt least 138 people have also been injured in the flooding across northern Baghlan, Takhar and Badakhshan, caused by heavy rains on Friday, the ministry spokesman, Abdul Mateen Qaniee, said.<br \/>\nIn Karkar village in Baghlan province, residents held funerals for people who had been killed by the floods.<br \/>\n\u201cI lost five members of my family \u2013 two sons, two daughters, and their mother in a result of this devastating flash flood,\u201d said Gulbudeen, a mourner who provided only one name.<br \/>\n\u201cWe were standing on the other side of the flood, but we could not help them, and eventually the flood took the lives of our loved ones.\u201d<br \/>\nTaliban authorities sent helicopters to try to assist civilians overnight after receiving reports that over 100 people were stranded.<br \/>\nMany people had been left homeless and transportation, water and waste systems were \u201cseverely disrupted\u201d, the World Health Organisation said.<br \/>\n\u201cThe impact has been profound, leading to loss of life and injuries, with many individuals still unaccounted for,\u201d the WHO\u2019s\u00a0Afghanistan\u00a0office said in a statement late on Friday.<br \/>\nIt added that four health centres had been damaged and one destroyed by the floods and said the agency was sending health teams to provide treatment in the inundated areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The official death toll from the flash floods in northern Afghanistan has risen to 153 people across three provinces, according to the Taliban&#8217;s interior ministry. 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