This photo taken on Aug. 21, 2024 shows a crumbling house in a flood-hit area in Jalalabad City, capital of Nangarhar province, east Afghanistan. At least one person has been confirmed dead and seven others sustained injuries as a flash flood swept through parts of eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on Tuesday night, provincial Director for Information and Culture Qurishi Badlon said Wednesday. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)
KABUL, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- At least one person has been confirmed dead and seven others sustained injuries as a flash flood swept through parts of eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on Tuesday night, provincial Director for Information and Culture Qurishi Badlon said Wednesday.
Heavy rains triggered a flash flood in the provincial capital Jalalabad City and the neighboring Surkh Rod district on Tuesday night, according to the official, the preliminary information confirmed the death of an 18-year-old man.
More than 200 houses and shops have been damaged due to the flooding, the official said.
A similar incident also inflicted huge property damage in Panjshir province on Tuesday as several houses, water canals and roads were washed away or badly damaged by the flash floods, a provincial government official said.
Rainstorms and flooding have killed around 400 people and rendered thousands more homeless since May in Afghanistan. ■
This photo taken on Aug. 21, 2024 shows a crumbling house in a flood-hit area in Jalalabad City, capital of Nangarhar province, east Afghanistan. At least one person has been confirmed dead and seven others sustained injuries as a flash flood swept through parts of eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on Tuesday night, provincial Director for Information and Culture Qurishi Badlon said Wednesday. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)
This photo taken on Aug. 21, 2024 shows a flood-hit area in Jalalabad City, capital of Nangarhar province, east Afghanistan. At least one person has been confirmed dead and seven others sustained injuries as a flash flood swept through parts of eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on Tuesday night, provincial Director for Information and Culture Qurishi Badlon said Wednesday. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)
People are seen on the ruins in a flood-hit area in Jalalabad City, capital of Nangarhar province, east Afghanistan, Aug. 21, 2024. At least one person has been confirmed dead and seven others sustained injuries as a flash flood swept through parts of eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on Tuesday night, provincial Director for Information and Culture Qurishi Badlon said Wednesday. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)
