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Flood-related deaths rise to 26 in east Afghanistan

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STORY: Flood-related deaths rise to 26 in east Afghanistan
DATELINE: July 24, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:27
LOCATION: Kabul
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
 
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the flood-affected area in Wardak province, Afghanistan
2. various of muddy street
3. various of damaged houses
 
STORYLINE: 
 
The number of flood-related casualties has increased to 26 deaths, with 44 people injured in east Afghanistan's Wardak province, said Shafiullah Rahimi, spokesman for the Natural Disaster Management Authority on Sunday.
 
"A total of 26 people were killed, 44 others injured, and 36 more people went missing in rainstorms and flooding that swept through parts of eastern Wardak province late Saturday," Rahimi told reporters.
 
Rahimi confirmed that the rainstorms and flash floods had also claimed four lives in the Paghman district outside Kabul and another in the eastern Khost province over the past three days.
 
At least 250 cattle have been killed, 400 houses were partially or utterly destroyed, and dozens of acres of land were submerged in floods, the official asserted.
 
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kabul.
(XHTV)

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