More than 300 dead in Afghanistan flash floods

More than 300 dead in Afghanistan flash floods – WFP

By Agence France-Presse

May 12, 2024 9:43 am

LAQAYI, Afghanistan: More than 300 people were killed in flash floods that ripped through multiple Afghan provinces, the UN's World Food Program said Saturday, as authorities declared a state of emergency and rushed to rescue the injured.

Many people remain missing after heavy rains Friday sent roaring rivers of water and mud crashing through villages and across agricultural land in several provinces, causing what one aid group described as a 'major humanitarian emergency.'

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