Torrens Flood - Afghanistan

GLIDE CODE: FF-20060825-7332-AFG
Date & Time: 2006.08.25 - 12:28:05
Area: Afghanistan Nangarhar province, Kout district, ( MAP)

Description:

At least 11 people are missing after their villages were struck by floods in eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday, local officials confirm. Following torrential rains, flash floods ravaged Kout district some 70 km southeast of Jalalabad, provincial capital of Nangarhar, Mohammad Hashim Ghamsharek, head of Nangarhar's information and culture department. "Hundreds of families have been affected and need urgent assistance," Ghamsharek stated. But according to Nangarhar's department of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (RRD) on Friday, a team has already been dispatched to the flood-affected area to assess the damage. The region has witnessed a barrage of recent flooding due to heavy rains.

Number of Injured persons: 11 persons