STORY: 1 killed, 7 injured as flash flood sweeps E. Afghanistan
SHOOTING TIME: Aug. 21, 2024
DATELINE: Aug. 21, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:47
LOCATION: Kabul
CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT

SHOTLIST:
1. various of houses destroyed by floods in Jalalabad city

STORYLINE:

At least one person has been confirmed dead and seven others sustained injuries as a flash flood swept through parts of eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on Tuesday night, provincial Director for Information and Culture Qurishi Badlon said Wednesday.
   
Heavy rains triggered a flash flood in the provincial capital Jalalabad City and the neighboring Surkh Rod district on Tuesday night, according to the official. The preliminary information confirmed the death of an 18-year-old man.
   
More than 200 houses and shops have been damaged due to the flooding, the official said.
   
A similar incident also inflicted huge property damage in Panjshir province on Tuesday as several houses, water canals and roads were washed away or badly damaged by the flash floods, a provincial government official said.
   
Rainstorms and flooding have killed around 400 people and left thousands more homeless since May in Afghanistan.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kabul.
(XHTV)