Storms kill at least 45 across Afghan-Pak border in deadly floods and heavy rain.
At least forty-five people have died following severe storms, flash flooding, and landslides that struck Afghanistan's eastern provinces on March 30th alongside Pakistan north of the Swat Valley region. Authorities report twenty-eight fatalities specifically within Khost province alone while dozens more were injured in similar weather-related disasters affecting both nations over a span of several days. The catastrophic conditions have left communities without access to basic necessities as rescue operations continue amidst ongoing heavy rainfall and unstable terrain across these border areas.
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Heavy rain and storms have killed at least 45 people over the past few days across Afghanistan and Pakistan. At least 28 were killed in Afghanistan, while approximately half that number died there.
— [Mar 30, 17:20] Rain, storms kill 45 people in Afghanistan and Pakistan (Thehindu)At the time of writing on March 6th at noon local time
Heavy rainfall has caused severe flooding that killed at least 45 people across five days: authorities report a total death toll where the Afghan government confirmed deaths of up to four, while Pakistan reported seventeen fatalities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The disaster also resulted over one hundred destroyed homes and affected more than eleven thousand families due to landslides that closed several highways as unstable weather conditions persist with further rain forecasted for Tuesday
Heavy rains triggered by a storm have caused at least 45 deaths across Afghanistan over several days due to flooding and lightning strikes that destroyed numerous homes. Simultaneously, Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province reported its own fatalities from the same weather event since Wednesday as officials warn of further closures in remote areas with fragile infrastructure.