Heavy rain, floods leave at least 45 people dead in Afghanistan, Pakistan

Heavy rain, floods leave at least 45 people dead in Afghanistan, Pakistan
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Heavy rain that has brought about severe flooding and landslides has killed at least 45 people in Afghanistan and Pakistan over the past five days, Aljazeera reported.

Afghanistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) announced on Monday that 28 people have been killed in the floods and 49 injured with more than 100 homes destroyed.

Most of the deaths in Afghanistan were reported in central and eastern provinces, including Parwan, Maidan Wardak, Daikundi and Logar, according to ANDMA.

At the same time in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which shares a border with Afghanistan, 17 people were killed and 56 wounded, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority reported.

Heavy rainfall has continued to sweep across Afghanistan since Thursday, causing floods and landslides in multiple provinces.

Afghanistan is vulnerable to extreme weather, particularly heavy rainfall and monsoon seasons, which trigger floods and landslides in remote areas with fragile infrastructure.

In January, flash floods and snowfall caused the deaths of at least 17 people and killed livestock.