Severe flooding caused by heavy rains occurred on Friday in Baghlan province, in north-eastern Afghanistan killed at least 130 people, according to reports from the Taliban authorities, who control the country. At least a hundred people are still missing.
The rains began on Friday afternoon and continued until the evening. Rescuers, doctors, ambulances and supplies of food and water were sent to the most affected areas, said Sharafat Zaman, a spokesman for the Ministry of Health. The rains also hit several provinces in the central part of Afghanistan, such as Ghor and Herat,
The country has been hit by unusually heavy rains in recent weeks, with floods collectively killing more than 100 people since mid-April. Afghanistan is a country very subject to events of this type, due to increasingly intense rainfall and often weak infrastructure, especially in the poorest areas of the country. Is considered one of the countries most at risk due to climate change.