| Event: | FL Flood |
| Number: | 2007-000035 |
| Country: | AFG Afghanistan |
| Location: | central province of Ghor, western province of Badghis and
Uruzgan province. |
| Date (YMD): | 2007-3-19 |
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| Information Source: | Reuters |
| Comments: | At least 17 people have been killed in Afghanistan in an avalanche and floods triggered by heavy rain and several villages were inundated, officials said on Monday.
Twelve people, including women and children, were killed in the avalanche in the central province of Ghor on Sunday, deputy-governor Ikramuddin, who uses only one name, said.
Five people died in flash floods in the western province of Badghis, also on Sunday, another official said.
Floods had also hit several villages in Uruzgan province and NATO-led troops had launched rescue operations, the alliance said in a statement. |
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