AVA - Flash Floods in Maidan Wardak, Ghor Provinces

Tens of houses and hundreds of acres of farmlands destroyed by flash floods in Maidan Wardak and Ghor provinces.

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA)_Monitoring, Monsoon rainfalls caused to flash floods on Tuesday, that hit parts of Maidan Wardak, Bakhtar News Agency correspondent reported, no human causalities reported so far.

Flash floods hit some districts of the province, destroying 30 houses and 200 acres of farmland said Mawlavi Faizullah Jalali, the head of Disaster Management of Wardak to Bakhtar News Agency.

Meanwhile, flash floods took the lives of 7 people including women and children, and destroyed 72 shops in the Ghor Northern Province of the country on Tuesday.

The local officials of the provinces separately said that their rescue teams dispatched to the areas to assist people and called on the humanitarian aid organizations for assistance for those in need.