1111 GMT August 09, 2022
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A report shows that flash floods that swept through various parts of Iran in recent days significantly raised the inflows of water into dams at a time the country was facing a major drought and potential water shortages in crowded urban areas.
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The death toll from the recent floods in Iranian provinces has risen to 76 as the search continues to find missing people, said the head of the National Disaster Management Organization (NDMO).
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National Desk
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At least 21 people were killed and two others went missing in flash floods triggered by torrential rains in Iran's southern province of Fars.
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Intense floods killed dozens of people and left hundreds homeless in Pakistan, officials said on Saturday, as heavy monsoon rains battered the country.
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At least 35 people died amid heavy rainfall in northeastern Brazil in recent days, as downpours lashed two major cities on the Atlantic coast, in what is the South American nation's fourth major flooding event in five months.
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President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi ordered his chief of staff and the energy minister to mobilize efforts to help flood-hit people in Iran’s south.
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At least 22 people were killed and rescue crews searched desperately amid shattered homes and tangled debris for more than 50 people still missing after record-breaking rain sent floodwaters surging through Middle Tennessee.
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The death toll from severe floods and mudslides in coastal Turkey climbed to at least 44, the country's emergency and disaster agency said Saturday.
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The floods in China and Europe are yet “another body blow” for global supply chains, the CEO of a shipping firm told CNBC.
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The death toll from devastating floods in Europe soared to at least 126 on Friday, most in western Germany where emergency responders were frantically searching for missing people.
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A team of six electricity workers dispatched to areas hit by flash floods in southeastern Iran have lost their lives amid efforts to restore basic services to people affected by the heavy rains in eight Iranian provinces.
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An Iranian Oil Ministry official denied reports that flooding in the oil-rich province of Khuzestan has affected the country’s crude output.
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Head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) said that the body is ready to help flood-hit people in Afghanistan.
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Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh expressed sympathy with the government and people of Afghanistan over the recent flash floods which killed more than 70 people and destroyed hundreds of homes in north of that country.
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