In May 2022,
floods
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affected several parts of
Afghanistan, killing 429 people.
It was later reported the 182 people died due to flooding in August, as well as 40 people in July and 19 in June.
From June to August, just as the country was recovering from
an earthquake in
Khost Province, floods hit again, killing 19 in June, 39 in July, and 182 others in August.
Impact
Afghanistan has weathered drought and
climate change, with low
crop yield
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Innovations, such as the use of fertilizer, the c ...
s creating food shortages. This has exacerbated
poverty
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caused by decades of
war, a drop in
foreign aid
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Ai ...
and the freezing of assets abroad after the Taliban
came back and
U.S.-led forces withdrew in August.
May
Flooding in May killed approximately 400 people.
The rain and flooding was particularly severe in the provinces of
Badghis,
Faryab
Faryab ( Dari: ) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, which is located in the north of the country bordering neighboring Turkmenistan. It has a population of about 1,109,223, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a tribal society. The ...
and
Baghlan. Hassibullah Shekhani, head of communications and information at Afghanistan's National Disaster Management Authority, said 500 homes have been destroyed and 2,000 more damaged, 300 head of
livestock killed and some 3,000
acre
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Imperial or The Imperial may also refer to:
Places
United States
* Imperial, California
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s of crops damaged. He also stated that the
International Committee of the Red Cross was helping and officials would approach other international organisations for help.
June–August
In June, 19 people died due to flooding. A further 39 others were killed in July.
Flooding in August killed at least 182 people.
Over 3,000 houses were damaged or destroyed due to the floods.
See also
*
2022 South Asian floods
References
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