\u201cWe have no food, no drinking water and no shelter or blankets,\u201d said Najibullah, who has lost nine members of his family. Three children are among the casualties.<\/p>\n
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that heavy rainfall and flash floods affected 21 districts across Badakhshan, Baghlan, and Takhar provinces.<\/p>\n
At least 73 people have lost their lives and 76 others were wounded in Baghlani Jadid district where 1,500 houses have been damaged or destroyed. \u201cIn Burka district, 70 deaths and 150 injuries have been confirmed, along with damage to 5,000 homes. Elsewhere, 13 deaths were reported across Dahnai Ghori,\u00a0 Guzargah Noor, Jelga, Narin and Puli Khumri districts where 1,612 homes were reportedly destroyed or damaged. A further 603 homes were reported as such in Khost and Tala wa Barfak\u00a0 districts,\u201d it said in a statement.<\/p>\n
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Afghan relatives offer prayers during a burial ceremony, near the graves of victims who lost their lives following flash floods after heavy rainfall at a village in Baghlan-e-Markazi district of Baghlan province.<\/p><\/div>\n
At least 24 people were reportedly killed across Chall, Ishkamish, Farkhar and Namak Ab districts in Takhar province, with 14 injured and a further seven missing. More than one hundred homes were also reportedly destroyed or damaged \u2013 the vast majority in Chall and Ishkamish districts.<\/p>\n
Baghlan, Badakhshan and Takhar provinces are affected the most<\/strong><\/p>\n In Badakhshan province, Teshkan district has been the most affected with 200 homes, 50 bridges and 30 electricity dams destroyed or damaged and 2,000 animals killed.<\/p>\n \u201cWith every beat of our hearts, we feel the deep sorrow that’s befallen Baghlan and all of Afghanistan. In this tragic time, our spirits reach out to embrace the families in mourning,\u201d the International Labour Organization (ILIO) covering Afghanistan said in X.<\/p>\n UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett, said that \u201crecent floods in Afghanistan including Baghlan which claimed many lives, are a stark reminder of Afghanistan\u2019s vulnerability to the climate crisis and both immediate aid and long term planning by the Taliban and international actors are needed\u201d.<\/p>\n Recent floods are stark reminder of Afghanistan\u2019s vulnerability to the climate crisis\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Indrika Ratwatte, deputy special representative of UNAMA for Afghanistan said that the country has remained amongst the world\u2019s top 10 climate impacted countries while having no significant carbon footprint. \u201cClimate shocks continue to ravage vulnerable communities. Urgent support for climate adaptation and mitigation for the people of Afghanistan is a critical need,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n He furthered that Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund (AHF) will remain the main funding platform for providing life saving humanitarian assistance to millions. The international community needs to step up and support this critical lifeline for the people of Afghanistan, he added.<\/p>\n At the same time the World Health Organization\u2019s Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that WHO and its partners have deployed 17 mobile health teams to assist flood victims in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n In a post on X, Tedros emphasized that the recent floods resulted in more than 300 deaths and caused extensive damage to homes and health facilities.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are providing essential medicines and medical supplies to the affected communities,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At least 315 people have lost their lives, thousands of homes were damaged and livestock wiped out during the recent flash floods caused by heavy rain in northern Afghanistan. Taliban authorities announced that over 1,600 people were wounded and the villagers buried their dead and aid agencies scrambling to help the survivors.\u00a0\u201cThe death toll has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4338,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1759,1091,1500,721,503,2358,1268],"class_list":["post-4337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middleeast","tag-aid","tag-climate-change","tag-floods","tag-food-crisis","tag-headline","tag-humanitarian-support","tag-natural-disaster"],"yoast_head":"\n