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GLIDE Record
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Event:
FL Flood
Number:
2012-000087
Country:
AFG Afghanistan
Location:
Saywad
Date (YMD):
2012-5-18
Time:
Duration:
Magnitude:
Information Source:
IFRC
Comments:
Continuous precipitation and the melting of the huge accumulation of snow across numerous mountains in the country trigger mass movement of water forcibly from steep mountains to valleys were large population settle. On 18 May 2012, 3 districts ( Saywad, Suzma Qala and Kohistanat) where inundated, a situation which is made worst by the geographical nature and location of these settlements. The water flows affected other districts along flood plains ? Jawzjan Province ? Khwaja Du K oh ? causing destruction of settlements and population displacement en mass to Dasht-i-Laily Desert.
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