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Flash floods due to unusually heavy seasonal rains kill dozens in Afghanistan
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Flash floods from heavy seasonal rains have killed dozens of people in Afghanistan, officials have said, adding the death toll was based on preliminary reports.
Afghanistan has been witnessing unusually heavy seasonal rains.
In the hard-hit western province of Ghor, 50 people were reported dead, said Abdul Wahid Hamas, spokesman for the provincial governor.
"People have taken refuge everywhere. Our relatives have gone to the mountains, where they have no shelter. There is no house, we don't have money either," said Ghor resident Khulam Sakhi, whose home was affected by the flooding.
The new round of heavy rains and floods hit three districts in Faryab province Saturday night, destroying houses and farmlands, said Shamsuddin Mohammadi, the provincial director of information.
Earlier reports from Faryab put the death toll at 18 but officials said those were still preliminary figures.
The U.N. food agency (WFP) said Ghor was the most affected by the floods.
WFP assessment teams are on the ground to deploy assistance, it added.
Last week, the agency said the exceptionally heavy rains in Afghanistan have killed more than 300 people and destroyed thousands of houses, mostly in the northern province of Baghlan, which bore the brunt of floods on May 10.
Survivors have been left with no home, no land, and no source of livelihood, WFP said, adding that most of Baghlan was inaccessible by trucks.
The latest disaster came on the heels of devastating floods that killed at least 70 people in April.