The tragedy comes after floods killed hundreds of people in Afghanistan in May (File)
Kabul:
At least 35 people were killed and 230 injured on Monday after heavy rains in eastern Afghanistan, a local official said.
“On Monday night, rain caused by thunderstorms killed 35 people and injured 230 others in Jalalabad and some districts of Nangarhar province,” Quraishi Badloon, head of the information and culture department, told AFP.
The casualties were caused by heavy storms and rain that toppled trees, walls and roofs of people’s homes, Badloon said.
“There is a possibility that the number of casualties will increase,” he continued, adding that the injured, as well as the bodies of the victims, were taken to the Nangarhar regional hospital and the Fatima-tul-Zahra hospital.
The tragedy comes after flash floods that killed hundreds of people in Afghanistan in May and inundated farmland in the country, where 80 percent of the population depends on agriculture to survive.
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