Flood News

[Haris]

Flood-hit residents need
emergency aid




GHAZNICITY(PAN): Residents of two floods-hit districts in southern Ghazni
province are in dire need of emergency relief, officials said on Saturday.

Triggered by heavy rains, the floods washed away thousands of acres of
land in Jaghatu and Khogyani, district chiefs told a joint press conference
in Ghazni City.

Jaghatu district chief, Mohammad Amin Ahmadi, said agricultural farms,
orchards and houses were damaged in Qyaq, Sorab, Hamda and Torgan
areas.

Bashi Habibullah, administrative head of Khogyani district, said 80 percent
of crops and orchards had been washed away in Sara Qala, Deh Mullah and
Perka areas.

Several houses were damaged and six people, including children and
women, wounded, he added. The officials urged the central government to
provide relief to the affected families.

Provincial chief of the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority
(ANDMA), Hafizullah Gulistani, said they had appointed a four-member
delegation to assess property losses in the two districts.

"Our department has non-food assistance, such as tents, blankets and
other equipment for only 450 families," he said, adding they lacked
foodstuffs for flood-hit families.

[Karachi]

it seems something has happening to climate, usually western pakistan/afghanistan were not much affected by the indian monsoon rains, but last few years it has been raining there much more causing floods, the monsoons have shifted a bit west

[Haris]

KPK Floods kill 16

Monsoon rains trigger
floods, kill 16 in Pakistan


People displaced by last year's floods and living in tents are seen after heavy monsoon
rains in Peshawar, Pakistan Thursday, Aug 25, 2011

PESHAWAR: Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains swept
through a village in northwestern Pakistan, killing 16 people and
leaving several others missing, disaster management officials said
Thursday.


The floods hit the remote Kundian Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
Wednesday, destroying houses and other infrastructure, said Syed Asghar
Ali Shah, the acting head of disaster management in the province.


Rescue operations and relief operations have been hampered by bridges
and roads that were damaged last year in the worst flooding in Pakistan’s
history and have not been fixed, said Shah.


Authorities sent two helicopters to help with the operations and hope to
send another tomorrow, he said.


Heavy rains are expected to continue in the area for at least another 24
hours, according to Pakistan’s meteorological department.


Monsoon rains begin in July in Pakistan and often lead to flooding. The
floods that hit last year inundated about one-fifth of the country _ an area
the size of the United Kingdom _ and affected up to 20 million people.


Experts have warned that many citizens are more vulnerable to flooding
this year because they have not recovered from last year’s tragedy.


Monsoon rains trigger floods, kill 16 in Pakistan | Provinces | DAWN.COM










InshaAllah we will not see a repeat of what happened last year on that scale.
Khdai de dey wosoti.

[Master Khan]

ooh not again, may allah help us.

[IamDZJ]

it's so unfortunate that our farmers can't grow anything because of the lack of water and then floods like this come and takes people's lives with it. the rivers in afghanistan were literally dry this year.

[Haris]

Some more flood news.



Flood Causes Financial
Damages In Paktia


Rainfall and flood during the last two days in related areas of Paktia province brought
heavy financial damages to the people. Dr. Shah Wali Mosawe, head of anti-disaster
management department of Paktia told this news agency, the floods followed in the
centers of Ahmad Khail, Mirzak and Ahmad Abad of Paktia province. He said, more
than 22 thousands of agricultural lands, 54 Karizs, 1160 water canals, 54 water dam,
39 Km road and 1087 houses, 850 miter retaining walls, around 5000 fruit trees, a
mosque and 4 small bridges were destroyed and 450 cattle were killed in this flood. He
said, the affected people of this event have not assisted yet by any organization and
efforts are going on to contact with charity organization to ask assistance from them.


Bakhtar News Agency - Flood Causes Financial Damages In Paktia

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Torkham-Jalalabad
Highway Reopened



Torkham-Jalalabad and Kabul-Jalalabad highways were blocked due to rainfalls and
flowing floods have now reopened. According to local officials, rainfalls started Sunday
morning in the area. Eng. Fazil Rabi provincial head of public work said, “Serious
rainfalls and floods caused closing Torkham-Jalalabad and Kabul-Jalalabad highways
and demolished a number of houses in some parts of the city.

Bakhtar News Agency - Torkham-Jalalabad Highway Reopened

[Haris]

Floods in Nangarhar Province
took the lives of three


Floods in the eastern province of Nangarhar , killed three and damaged eighty acres of
agricultural land . These floods run in Koat, Bati Koat and Shirzad districts of
Nangarhar province, It is said that no institution has assisted the people of the
mentioned areas, BIA reported.


Bakhtar News Agency - Floods in Nangarhar Province took the lives of three

[faye]

what a shame these excess waters can't be funneled to afghanistan that has been suffering drought.

[Haris]

Floods wreak havoc in
Logar





PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Flash floods triggered by heavy rains killed three people and swept
away thousands of acres of agricultural land in central Logar province, an official said
on Monday.

Districts including Mohammad Agha, Baraki Barak and Charkh are the most affected
areas, where more than 10,000 acres of agricultural land was destroyed, said Din
Mohammad Darwish, the governor's spokesman.

Most of the affected land was cultivated with bean, potato, onion and maize crops,
he said.

The Baraki Barak district chief, Mohammad Rahim Amin, said the floods had played
havoc in his district, where one person was killed and more than 5000 acres land was
damaged.


Floods wreck havoc in Logar | Pajhwok Afghan News

[Haris]

Flood Destroys Bridges,
Roads In Nangarhar




Rainwater destroyed bridges and roads of Torkham-Jalalabad highway. Eng. Fazilrabi
head of public work department of Nangarhar province told BIA, due to flood and
rainwater on Torkham-Jalalabad highway a number of bridges and roads have been
damaged yesterday.

He added, personnel of that department are working to prevent stoppage of
transportation on this way.

He asked a number of donor organizations to take part in
reconstruction of bridges and roads which partially damaged in yesterday’s flood.



Bakhtar News Agency - Flood Destroys Bridges, Roads In Nangarhar

[Haris]

Floods destroy 641 houses
in Nangarhar



JALALABAD (PAN): Nearly 641 houses have been destroyed and 900 acres of cropped
land washed away by floods over the past three days in the eastern province of
Nangarhar, officials said on Tuesday.


The rain-induced floods killed livestock besides damaging dozens of reconstruction
projects in Hesarak, Khogyani and Chaparhar districts, the governor's spokesman said.
Ahmad Zia Abdulzai told Pajhwok Afghan News up to 435 houses, 750 acres of land,
35 kilometres of water channels and 20 water heads were destroyed and 200 animals
killed in Sarando, Nawar and Lagigar villages of Hesarak.


More than 150 acres of land and 206 houses were destroyed in Khogyani and
Chaparhar districts, he said. Governor Gul Agha Sherzai has appointed a delegation to
survey the area for assistance to victims.


But a spokesman for the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority
(ANDMA), Shukrullah Ihsas, said they could not help the affected farmer under the
relevant rules.


But Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Director Mohammad Husain Safi said they had
appointed district extension mangers to assess the scale of damage. Spades, pickaxes
and handcarts would be distributed to affected growers.



Floods destroy 641 houses in Nangarhar | Pajhwok Afghan News