"Heavy rains in Iran that began Wednesday have set off flash floods and landslides in 21 of the country’s 31 provinces, killing at least 53 people, heavily damaging hundreds of villages, cutting off access to major roads and forcing the evacuation of an ancient city, officials say.
With the death toll expected to rise — at least 16 people are still missing — the flood is the deadliest water-related episode in a decade. The national crisis center said heavy rainstorms and flood risk would continue until Monday, and it issued a nationwide warning to stay away from riverbanks and valleys.
Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, placed governors nationwide on high alert and ordered the emergency relief agencies to prepare for the possibility that reservoirs and dams would overflow, official media reported."
Farnaz Fassihi reports for the New York Times July 30, 2022.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/30/world/middleeast/iran-deadly-flood.html
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