Children sit on the rubbles of houses destroyed by flood in Nuristan province, Afghanistan, Aug. 18, 2022. (Photo by Qazafi Mal/Xinhua)
KABUL, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Heavy rain and flash flood have killed 15 people in Afghanistan's eastern Nuristan province, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported Wednesday.
The downpour in Kamdish district on Tuesday night, which triggered a flash flood, killed the victims including women and children, the news agency added.
Hundreds of residential houses have been washed away or badly damaged by the flood, it said.
About 90 people, according to officials, have lost their lives and some 100 others sustained injuries due to flooding in Parwan, Kapisa, Ghazni, Wardak, Logar and Paktia provinces over the past week. ■
A boy stands in front of the rubbles of houses destroyed by flood in Nuristan province, Afghanistan, Aug. 18, 2022. (Photo by Qazafi Mal/Xinhua)
Children sit on the rubbles of houses destroyed by flood in Nuristan province, Afghanistan, Aug. 18, 2022. (Photo by Qazafi Mal/Xinhua)