This photo taken on May 18, 2024 shows the flood-hit area in Firoz Koh in west Afghanistan's Ghor province. At least 50 people have been killed, with 10 others missing, in the past 24 hours in west Afghanistan's Ghor Province, a local official said Saturday.
Afghanistan has been experiencing heavy rains and floods in the past month, causing casualties and property damage. (Photo by Baktash/Xinhua)
FIROZ KOH, Afghanistan, May 18 (Xinhua) -- At least 50 people have been killed, with 10 others missing, in the past 24 hours in west Afghanistan's Ghor Province, a local official said Saturday.
Floods engulfed the province's Shahrak, Dulina, Laal and Sarjangal districts, with 2,000 residential houses and 2,500 shops destroyed, Abdulrahman Badres, the provincial police spokesman, said.
Another seven people were killed in Ghor during the flash floods that lashed the province and other regions in Afghanistan on May 10, spokesman of Ghor's governor Abdul Wahid Hamas said.
Downpours and floods also blocked the road of Ghor's neighboring provinces of Herat and Farah.
Afghanistan has been experiencing heavy rains and floods in the past month, causing casualties and property damage. ■
This photo taken on May 18, 2024 shows the flood-hit area in Firoz Koh in west Afghanistan's Ghor province. At least 50 people have been killed, with 10 others missing, in the past 24 hours in west Afghanistan's Ghor Province, a local official said Saturday.
Afghanistan has been experiencing heavy rains and floods in the past month, causing casualties and property damage. (Photo by Baktash/Xinhua)
This photo taken on May 18, 2024 shows flooded shops in Firoz Koh in west Afghanistan's Ghor province. At least 50 people have been killed, with 10 others missing, in the past 24 hours in west Afghanistan's Ghor Province, a local official said Saturday.
Afghanistan has been experiencing heavy rains and floods in the past month, causing casualties and property damage. (Photo by Baktash/Xinhua)
People clear off flood water at the flood-hit area in Firoz Koh in west Afghanistan's Ghor province, May 18, 2024. At least 50 people have been killed, with 10 others missing, in the past 24 hours in west Afghanistan's Ghor Province, a local official said Saturday.
Afghanistan has been experiencing heavy rains and floods in the past month, causing casualties and property damage. (Photo by Baktash/Xinhua)
A man affected by flood rests at a safe area in Firoz Koh in west Afghanistan's Ghor province, May 18, 2024. At least 50 people have been killed, with 10 others missing, in the past 24 hours in west Afghanistan's Ghor Province, a local official said Saturday.
Afghanistan has been experiencing heavy rains and floods in the past month, causing casualties and property damage. (Photo by Baktash/Xinhua)
A man walks past a car damaged by flood in Firoz Koh in west Afghanistan's Ghor province, May 18, 2024. At least 50 people have been killed, with 10 others missing, in the past 24 hours in west Afghanistan's Ghor Province, a local official said Saturday.
Afghanistan has been experiencing heavy rains and floods in the past month, causing casualties and property damage. (Photo by Baktash/Xinhua)
