The United Nations has stressed the need for additional funding to support people impacted by floods and protect families living in makeshift shelters. Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN secretary-general, told a press conference that Afghanistan was highly vulnerable to climate change. He said: “We along with our partners are coordinating with the de facto authorities in Afghanistan More

Three dozen people, including five members of a family, have lost their lives in heavy rains and storms in eastern Afghanistan, officials say. More than 230 others were wounded on Monday when fierce storms and torrential rains battered Jalalabad, the provincial capital, and several other districts. Information and Culture Director Sediqullah Quraishi confirmed the casualties, More

Unleashed by heavy rains, flash floods destroyed crops on hundreds of acres of land in Daimardad district of central Maidan Wardak province on Saturday night, the Disaster Preparedness Department said on Sunday. Faizullah Jalali, head of the department, said the flash floods roared through residential homes shrtly after 10:30pm last night, but fortunately caused no More

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says a bold and decisive action is required against climate change. On his X, Guterres wrote: “So far this year, heatwaves have claimed hundreds of lives around the world.” “We cannot accept a future where the rich are protected in air-conditioned bubbles, while the rest of humanity is lashed by lethal More

At least 21 people have been killed, 19 others wounded, and 840 houses damaged due to flash floods in seven provinces of the country in the last two days, says the State Ministry for Natural Disasters Management. Mullah Jan Saiq, a spokesman for this ministry, said in a video clip that flash floods swept through More

At least 10 members of a family have been killed in rain-induced floods in eastern Badakhshan province, officials said on Sunday. Provincial Disaster Management Director Maulvi Mohammad Akram Akbari said flash floods killed the 10 individuals in Morchak village in the provincial capital Faizabad. So far, the body of only one of the victims has More

Besides human and financial losses in different parts of the country, the floods have also increased risk of collapsing of the historic Jam Minaret in western Ghor province, an official said Thursday. Provincial Information and Culture director Maulvi Abdul Hai Zaeem said the devastating floods in the country caused human and financial losses and harmed More

Flash floods killed at least 15 people and also caused financial losses in northwestern Faryab, northern Sar-i-Pul and Baghlan provinces, officials said on Thursday. Faryab police spokesman Maulvi Abdullah Muradi said flash floods swept through a number of villages in Lolash and Karkri districts late on Wednesday, causing life and heavy financial losses to the More

At least 47 people lost their lives and a number of others sustained injuries in flash floods that inflicted heavy financial losses on people in northern Faryab province. Mufti Ismatullah Muradi, the governor’s spokesman, said the rain-induced floods hit Balcharagh, Chehelgazi, Qaisar, Almar and Pashtunkot districts and Maimana on Saturday night. He said dozens of More

At least 18 people lost their lives and two others sustained injuries due to flash floods that inflicted heavy financial losses on people in northern Faryab province. Mufti Ismatullah Muradi, the governor’s spokesman, said that rain-induced flash foods hit Pashtonkot, Balchiragh, Almar, Khayber and Qiasar districts of the province on Friday afternoon. He said the More