At least 18 dead, dozens injured after flash floods sweep Iran
- Country has been facing unprecedented floods in 25 out of its 31 provinces, according to the Crisis Management Organisation
The death toll from floods that have swept across most Iranian provinces has risen to 18 with more than 70 injured, the country’s emergency services said on Monday.
National Emergency Service chief Pirhossein Koolivand said casualties in the southern city of Shiraz had reached 17 dead, while another person was killed in Sarpol-e Zahab in the western province of Kermanshah, the service said on its website.
Iran has been facing unprecedented floods in 25 of its 31 provinces, the country’s Crisis Management Organisation said.
The latest floods have struck mostly west and southwest Iran and follow major flooding on March 19 in the northeast’s Golestan and Mazandaran provinces, for which no official casualty toll has been issued.
Emergency services have been hampered by Iranian new year holidays, with many employees taking time off.
