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Heavy rains in Afghanistan kills 30

HERAT (Afghanistan): Heavy rain and floods in Afghanistan, which is continue for the last two days, have killed more than 30 people. Dozens of people are reportedly missing.

Waters reached in the city of Cheghcheran in central Ghor province on Saturday, engulfing dozens of homes, provincial spokesman Abdulhai Khatibi told.

The floodwaters also destroyed hundreds of hectares of farmland and displaced hundreds of people in the impoverished province, he said.

Hundreds of villagers in high-risk areas have been evacuated as a precaution against further flooding, he said.

Afghanistan’s harshest winter in 15 years saw unusually heavy snowfalls and experts predicted that rivers swollen by melting snow were likely to flood in the mountainous north in spring.

In May, flash floods in Sari Pul province, which borders Ghor to the north, killed 50 people, mostly women and children.

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