Mazar-i-Sharif : Provincial police spokesman Mohammad Asif Waziri said on Friday that thunderstorms and flash floods have destroyed homes and farms in northern Afghanistan. According to the report, Waziri told reporters that heavy rains caused devastating floods on Thursday evening, which partially damaged or completely destroyed more than 300 houses and 3,000 acres of farmland in Zari district and its surrounding areas in northern Balkh province. Destroyed.
Several cattle have also died in the floods in Jari district and neighboring areas, the official said. There was no report of any casualty, the official said. Rescue teams have been sent to the affected areas to help the affected families. Heavy flooding has also cut off links connecting Kalat, the capital of Zabul province, with seven districts in Afghanistan’s southern region. Afghanistan’s meteorological department has predicted more rain and flooding in 20 of the country’s 34 provinces in the coming days.
